Gathering Insights | Lean Change Management

Is Your Organization Ready for Agile Change?

by Jason Little | Oct 28, 2016 | Gathering Insights, Perspective Mapping, Stories

A couple of years ago I interviewed a colleague who tried a perspective map in her organization. The idea of change readiness assessments have been around forever, but there is a quick way to figure out the answer to “whats in it for me?” at different...

What Shouldn’t You Change?

by Jason Little | Jan 18, 2016 | Agile Transformation, Change Management, Gathering Insights, Stories

In today’s world, the organizational lifespan is shrinking, and established organizations are trying to figure out how to remain relevant. Given today’s instant-gratification society, humans are wired to expect instant, or near-instant outcomes, when taking action. To...

A Lean Change Starts with Insights

by Nikos Batsios | Jul 23, 2015 | Gathering Insights, Interviews, Resources, Stories

Implementing agile in an organization could be a very hard and complicated thing and it could become even harder especially if you are impatient to see the anticipated benefits. It’s common said that it is very easy to start with agile and to my experience and...

Why Changes Should Be Called Experiments

by Jason Little | Jun 13, 2014 | Change Management, Gathering Insights

I’m working with a large organization that is 7 months into an expected 3-year ‘transformation’ Today was the day we host our bi-weekly, in-person Lean Coffee where people can bring their questions about Agile, Scrum, Kanban or the transformation...

Perspective Mapping

by Jason Little | May 8, 2013 | Gathering Insights, Perspective Mapping

Once I was working with a team that was struggling to deliver one of those death-projects where no one understands why they’re building what they’re building and everyone, including management, feels powerless to stop. Sometimes it’s easier to...