Since I discovered the pleasures that come along from refraining from food such as meat, sugar, bread and pasta, walking a supermarket has become a new experience for me. A few months ago I was convinced that c0nsuming all those bits and pieces offered in the supermarket is the logical thing to do for a normal and „balanced“ person.
A few weeks after I started my diet I began to realise the impact on my mental vitality. I’m feeling much more lightful and independent. …
A few months ago I stumbled on YouTube upon a guy called Wim Hof, aka “The Iceman”. He became famous for resisting freezing cold in all kinds of flavors. He holds Guinness world records for the longest bath in ice, the longest distance to swim under ice in the arctic ocean dressed with swimming shorts only and running a half-marathon barefoot on snow and ice. Just to name a few. One of the key techniques that enable him to resist the pain of cold is to apply a breathing technique.
He reports various kinds of positive impact on both his…
how impactful coaching is a lever to exponential agility
In part I of this article we have looked at the proliferation of illusionary agile transformations and how it relates to the inflation of the “agile coach” role becoming impact-less, arbitrary and essentially meaningless. In part II we are elaborating on the criteria of real agility and how effective coaching impacts the transformation dynamics in a powerful way.
The essence of agility
The essence of agility is to be tightly connected with customer needs. Notably, those needs are not only hidden to the product developers, often they are not even obvious to the customers themselves…
how fake agile relates to inflationary fake agile coaching
Motivation for this series
In this series, I will outline two different modes of adopting agility and how each of them is related to the (in)effectiveness of coaching. In part I, I will elaborate on the traits of fake agile adoptions and how fake agile coaching is related to it. In part II, I will explain my view on the essential ingredients for real agility and how the power of impactful coaching is key for an exponential transformation.
Native agile organisations
Looking at those organizations delivering on the bloody edge of innovation and closely tied to the needs of customers, most of them operate in new markets…
Marc Lustig
I’m a growth coach who accompanies organizations and individuals to discover a greater version of themselves.
