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You Don't Create Collaboration with Lines on an Org Chart

You Don't Create Collaboration with Lines on an Org Chart

Discover why rearranging organizational charts isn't the secret sauce for true collaboration. In this insightful blog, Doug Rosenberg delves into the complexities of genuine collaboration, uncovering common impediments like silos and competition. Learn the five key ingredients, from fostering a collaborative culture to empowering teams, and find out why, in the world of collaboration, the org chart is just the beginning—cookies included.

Changing the Way We Think About Agile Sprint Planning

Changing the Way We Think About Agile Sprint Planning

There is no way around it, a Product Owner is a leader. You lead a team of professionals in pursuit of a winning product, you lead the organization to success by creating the best product possible, and you lead your users by standing up for what matters to them.

Out of Chaos: Visioning as a Skill

Out of Chaos: Visioning as a Skill

Vision, when seen through the lens of rhetoric, is really a story. And a persuasive story isn’t “innovative,” as we understand the word today; in fact, it is one of the oldest arts out there. This post offers an exercise that I learned at Leadership Arlington and taught by Susan Piedmont-Palladino meant to tap into the deeper parts of our cognition to help with articulating a vision.