Don’t retrofit Agile on non-Agile processes There are still many organizations that prefer to cherry pick from the Agile Principles, and somewhere along the line of conventional projects and processes attempt to retrofit an Agile concept to create that “look mom, I’m agile” moment. A “Kanban-ish” Gantt Chart with fixed tasks and deadlines is one …
Agile is not a software method. Agile is a business method. Due to its popularity as software value delivery method, Agile is strongly associated with the iterative delivery of software and related services. The Agile Manifesto adds to the sense that Agile is a software method, and that could not be further from reality. The …
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Do not judge the experiences of others without walking in their shoes. – Dr. ir Johannes Drooghaag It is easy to judge from a distance, maybe even tempting to do so. And many of us do so more often than we realize. It is basically normal to do so. We form opinions, change our mind, …
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Leadership means being willing to take a risk with every decision you make and to reduce that risk with every following step. – Dr. ir Johannes Drooghaag Some people will prefer to have all the answers before they make a decision, and in many cases there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. When that person …
Cyber Security will either bring you new business when you have it or break your existing business when you don’t. Cybersecurity was long considered something of a nice-to-have feature, and in too many cases, something that was not important enough to give it the right priority, and with that, the right budgets and resources. Slowly …
Why Agile fails, when it fails There are many reasons why Agile fails, when it fails. During our annual Agile Practitioners Workshop, facilitated by Spearhead Management, we listed the 13 most common reasons and analyzed their causes. And it should be no real surprise that they all have leadership issues in common. From cherry-picking from …
Words matter but hardly change anything. – Dr. ir Johannes Drooghaag There are more than enough slogans. We are surrounded by wonderful expressions like “Build back better” and “Sustainable Development”, but the moment we take a closer look, we turn away disappointed by the underlaying “business as usual attitude”. Our society is predominantly driven by …
Cyber Security, Inclusions and Accessibility must be part of the core design principles of products and services. Our society becomes more connected, and that connectivity becomes more complex at an infrastructure level with every single day, and every new rollout. There is daily news about cybersecurity issues, hacks, and the rapid growth of ransomware attacks …
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. – Peter Drucker, Author & Management Consultant A strong statement about the difference between management and leadership by Leadership Expert Peter Drucker. When we analyze this statement and compare it with the different styles of leading and leaders, we conclude that there are many …
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Leadership Circle is an initiative by Spearhead Management and Dr. ir Johannes Drooghaag. Get inspired by thought provoking quotes and insights from the field and throughout the history of Leadership. We will be covering Leadership, Cybersecurity, Agile, Digital Transformation, and Business Management. And as champions and advocates for Sustainability, we will also focus on Accessibility, …