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The dilution and bending of the Golden Circle / WHY-HOW-WHAT

Many of you probably know the famous “Golden Circle”, sometimes also known as the “WHY – HOW – WHAT” principle, coined by Simon Sinek. Hardly a day goes by where you don’t stumble over it somehow in everyday professional life or you see the results of various Golden Circle workshops in social media.

The hype started roughly 3-4 years ago, when the TEDx Talk by Simon Sinek, which was already held in 2009 (indeed looks a bit dusty), became increasingly viral:

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Successful agile transition in the enterprise? It’s the mindset, stupid!

When it comes to introducing and implementing agile work methodologies, especially in the enterprise context, I often come across a phenomena that could be called ‘the agile cloud of mixing up tools with mindset’. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when people who are new to agile methodologies, get excited and start ‘living’ and ‘working’ embracing agile change. It is en vogue to say ‘we’re agile’ or ‘I’m agile in my workplace’. Continue reading “Successful agile transition in the enterprise? It’s the mindset, stupid!” →

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Why do big and established companies struggle so much with agile work and culture?

I don’t know how you feel about this, but “agility” surely has become one of the management buzzwords of the recent years. That is not so surprising indeed. In particular, technologically driven change puts a lot of pressure on companies to become faster if they want to hold their ground in a rapidly changing environment.

Therefore, the trend has arrived also in the big companies and corporate organizations some years ago. And, not really surprising, many of them are rather unsuccessful in trying to implement those agile structures. Continue reading “Why do big and established companies struggle so much with agile work and culture?” →

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