We are ready with education in Scrum og Agile again
The summer is already on its trailing edge, and we are looking forward to a restart in the fall of all society’s activities. We are already delivering inhouse training for …
Pseudo Work in the Post Corona World
On July 3rd there was an article on finans.dk entitled “Half of the working population in Denmark think they work on irrelevant things”, they call this pseudo-work. The article is …
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 …
The Road Back – from Chaos
In 1929 the German author, Erich Maria Remarque, wrote the novel “Der Weg Zurück” or “The Road Back”, about German soldiers trying to return to civilization after the nightmare and …
Death of a Salesman?
Without sales no company can survive, so why is the Sales Professional so precarious an occupation? By rethinking sales management, is it possible to improve performance and create truly sustainable …
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 …
What is holding us back? Free Webinar Wednesday the 11. March 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 new …
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 for …
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 …
At the Scrum Gathering in Vienna
Last week we were at the Scrum Gathering in Vienna, orchestrated by the Scrum Alliance. There were many interesting topics, and we made many new contacts and people who wanted …
General Stanley McChrystal: Team of Teams
General Stanley McChrystal (SMC), who from 2003 led the Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq, wrote a book called “Team of Teams” in 2015 about his learnings in Iraq …
Situational Awareness and Maneuverability in Teams
In Denmark we have a phenomenon that we call “Black Sun”. It happens in the fall when thousands of starlings gather in the marshlands of Jutland and prepare for their …
Working the Agile way in Non-profit Organizations
Normally we think of agility as man’s best friend jumping through hoops and performing other tricks, however Agile is also a modern way of organising work and achieving better results. …
Agemba arrives in the Americas
A better approach to working the Agile way A commonly heard refrain from Product Owners and Project Managers is, “we use project management tools from x, y or z, so …
Paul Norton joins AgileLeanHouse to develop the business in the US
We are very pleased to announce that Paul Norton has joined us to take responsibility for Business Development in the USA. Paul will be our our principal advocate for Agile Lean …
Open Space Beta – a certification course
One of the people, that have had a profound influence on the way we think about Agile Lean Organizations and Leadership, is Niels Pflaeging and his Organize for Complexity. Niels …