Highlights on “What’s wrong with work…”

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the same patterns are repeated almost everywhere I go: endless meetings where nothing is discussed fully, where decisions are delayed and blame is…

Frustration 2: Mis-Leadership

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John’s argument is that, at any one time, you have some jobs which require a “manager’s head” — the bit of you that needs to bring structure, order and certainty to complex problems — and some…

Frustration 1: Waste-of-Time Meetings

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We spend, on average, 37% of our time in meetings.[8] Of that time, 30–50% is considered to be a waste of time. That means a typical person, working a 40-hour week, spends…

“The Ministry of Business” by Stephen A. Holtz — Book Review & Highlights

ISBN: 147503802X
READ: 01–27–2016
RATING: 3/5

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Frustration 3: Blurred Vision

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The most common core problem a team like this is experiencing is “Blurred Vision”. A direction, an over-riding sense of momentum towards a goal which is meaningful to everyone, a…

Highlights on “Leading the Transformation”

Maneesh shared this book. “the approach presented in this book focuses on applying the basic principles of Agile and DevOps across the organization.”

Chapter 1 UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSFORMATION