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Two of my colleagues just finished a one week agility intensive with a client which designs and manufactures hardware products. Too many people assume that AGILE applies to software companies but not hardware companies.  Wrong!  AGILE Planes, Trains & Automobiles (and so much more!) Indeed, they assume AGILE started with software companies.  Wrong!  Agile Started with Hardware not Software!     Read More »

Accomplished UK Vistage speaker Grant Leboff spoke to all 4 of my Vistage Groups last week in San Diego/Temecula Valley and they LOVED him.  Who knew how much you could learn about marketing in a modern world from the Sex Pistols!  Agile Marketing too … in only 2.5 years (forming in 1975 and disbanding in 1978), only producing 4 singles ... Read More »

Hello all – please see my video message below: We will be focusing on 3 things in our workshop: 1.  Keeping Up & Getting Ahead Change has changed but the majority of leaders haven’t changed with it Understanding VUCA- Your External VUCA Environment & Your Internal VUCA Environment You will learn Agile Core Concept #1:  Organizational OODA Loop (from the ... Read More »

Great article in LinkedIn:  Why Successful People Never Bring Smartphones Into Meetings.  I shared with my LinkedIn connections posting this: Yep, just about sums it up. I don’t allow it in my Vistage Groups which I Chair. Yet, in so many groups which I speak to, it’s rampant, often because members/Chairs shy away from creating accountability around it. Such a ... Read More »

Great article in this month’s Harvard Business Review:  Stop the Meeting Madness.  I couldn’t agree more, Agile Meetings are at the heart of your Enterprise Agility.  Here are some of the headlines from the article: In our interviews with hundreds of executives, in fields ranging from high tech and retail to pharmaceuticals and consulting, many said they felt overwhelmed by ... Read More »