The Ritual Rain Dance around the Annual Budget
Over the last few months, I have spent some time understanding the concept of Beyond Budgeting (BB) and its relationship to what we call Agile Lean Leadership (ALL) – creating …
The Age-long Tension between Hierarchy and Human Freedom
Examining the roots and consequences of power-based hierarchy and the alternatives We are opening the Webinar season on 2024-01-31 at 19:00 CET, 1 PM EST, with the first in the …
The Case for Freedom and Responsibility in Organizations
50+ years ago Janis Joplin sang: “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose…”. She was a wild and tragic figure looking for freedom, but never found it. She …
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2023-08-23
Participate in the Agile Lean Leadership Networks educational events Hello everybody in the Agile Lean Leadership Standard Network, everyone who has attended one of our courses in the last couple …
Introducing the new Agile Lean Library
Our Agile Lean Library has been updated with a new user interface As a Standard or higher member of the ALL Network, you have access to our ever-expanding and growing …
Gå-hjem-møte onsdag 16. februar 14:45 i Olaf Helsets vei 5
I anledning av at vi nettopp har flyttet inn inviterer vi alle leietakere i Skullerud Park og kolleger i vårt nettverk til Gå-hjem-møte onsdag 16. februar 14:45 i Olaf Helsets …
AgileLeanHouse expansion demonstrates Resilience
AgileLeanHouse has completed an important round of funding through the Agile Lean Network in the midst of this difficult period.
I wonder why…?
I wonder why we are not capable of creating circumstances that enable people in greater numbers to be engaged and find satisfaction in everyday life. I wonder why we cannot …
Hidden treasures of radical improvement – Intrinsic Motivation
In Douglas Adams’ brilliantly funny novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the computer “Deep Thought” was asked about the meaning of life. It considered the question for 7.5 million …
Is Scrum “Old Hat”?
No! absolutely not, but Scrum may by now be like a pair of old walking boots shaped by many cross-country journeys and unexpected challenges. We are looking back at about …
Scrum, Projects and Project Managers? Free Webinar Wednesday the 7. October 2020 at 15:00 CET
Continuing the free follow up webinars for those who have participated in our Scrum and Agile Lean Leadership courses. The format is a short presentation of an interesting or …
Pseudo Work in the Post Corona World
Den 3. juli 2020 var der en artikel i finans.dk, med titlen “Halvdelen af danskerne føler, at de laver ligegyldigt arbejde”, den handler om en undersøgelse foretaget af konsulenthuset Balisager …
Handling Sudden drops into Chaos
We are continuing our summer school 2020 in order to spread the knowledge about Scrum, Agile, Lean and other resilient patterns. The format is a short presentation of an interesting …
Management is Broken beyond Repair
The current management paradigm is broken beyond repair. As the 21st Century progresses it becomes increasingly clear that the top-down hierarchy of control based on power, known for centuries, doesn’t …
What have we learned from the Corona crisis? A trap
We are about to start opening up society again after working as if we were on another planet for two months using solely online tools. We have had to very …
Being proactive in a world of chaos, new initiatives
We are entering the second month of Corona lockdown, with almost no ordinary activity, increasingly facing a world with little resemblance to the previous one. Inspired by the image above, …
Corona and Chaos
Sudden drops into Chaos It has been a month since the Prime Minister of Denmark (Mette Frederiksen) ordered the country to lock down. I was at a blues concert when …
Strange rings in the water after the Coronavirus
This week our media has made some observations, reflections and revelations of unusual situations and reactions which are worth noting and which I cannot avoid seeing from the perspective of …
Web Appetizer – Agile Lean Leadership, 2020-03-19 15:00 CET
The current management model with deep hierarchies and big upfront planning is broken. To survive we need every individual in the organization voluntarily to engage fully in solving the complex …
If there is fear in an organization – the numbers are cooked
The title, which is a quote from W. Edwards Deming, became painfully relevant today. The news about the American bank Wells Fargo reached our shores. Wells Fargo was fined a …
Joining the Open Leadership Network in Tampa, Florida
Last week from the 4.-6. February, a couple of us from ALH joined the Open Leadership Network Symposium in Tampa, Florida where the theme was “Dare to Invite“.s we headed …
The Agile Lean Leadership Bootcamp on 20. January 2020
An inspiring group of people had found their way to Vejle in Denmark on the 20.-23. January 2020 to work on the practical details of collaboration in the Agile Lean …
Invitation to Collaboration around Agile Lean Leadership
We are seeking collaborators and partners. At AgileLeanHouse we have worked with Agile and Scrum for 15 years. However, the market is moving and consolidating. Many SMEs are looking to introduce Agile and Lean. At the same time we are losing ground in large companies and the Public sector to SAFe and other Taylorist-Agile hybrid frameworks.
Money Changes Everything…
In 1983 Cyndi Lauper recorded a cover version of Tom Gray’s underground hit “Money changes everything”. I have had the main theme of that song reverberating in my head …
Get much more out of your teams
Tuesday the 21st of January from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, we host a new course in our Agile Lean Leadership series called “Teams, Advanced”. It will take place in …
