Descale Your Organisation!

Posted by on Sep 20, 2014 in Agile with a Purpose, Conference, Video | No Comments
Descale Your Organisation!

I repeated my Agile2014 talk on Descale Your Organisation at ALE2014 as a surprise talk. This time, it was professionally recorded: These are the core ideas: Virtuous Cycle to Descale Your Organisation Increase trust. Trusted people can be invited to make new choices. These choices may lead to unneeded structures (rules, processes, hierarchies…) that you can […]

Compassion For Managers

Posted by on Sep 10, 2014 in Des Volkes Scrum, People's Scrum | One Comment
Compassion For Managers

TrustTemenos Certified Agile Leadership Training: September 05/06 in London! Christine Neidhardt and I co-created a leadership training based on our leadership academy. It calls for compassionate leaders. If the story resonates with you, share it and join us! This is a post in a series, with essays from the People’s Scrum book, German edition: Des Volkes Scrum. Compassion […]

Paul Klipp on Listening Part III

Paul Klipp on Listening Part III

  Paul Klipp talked about listening at ALE2014 in Kraków. He identified three key components: Let the other think, which I covered in Part I, Understand emotional expressions, which I covered in Part II, and Train your mind to listen and understand, even when things get rough. That’s covered in this post. Imagine you’re sitting in your quiet office, diligently […]

Tools vs Presence

Tools vs Presence

At ALE2014 in Kraków, we started interesting conversations around effectiveness of specific tools vs the effectiveness of our presence. It inspired me to write the draft post about Magic, Mystery or Science. Presence, in this context, means being in the moment. Practitioners of mindfulness refer to this as being mode, in contrast to doing mode […]

Paul Klipp: Components of Listening Part II

Posted by on Sep 2, 2014 in Coaching, Conference | 3 Comments
Paul Klipp: Components of Listening Part II

Paul Klipp talked about listening at ALE2014 in Kraków. He identified three key components: Let the other think, which I covered in Part I, Understand emotional expressions, which is covered here, and Train your mind to listen and understand, even when things get rough. Non-Violent Communication Marshal Rosenberg has developed non-violent communication to an art form. He says that […]

Paul Klipp: Components of Listening Part I

Posted by on Sep 1, 2014 in Coaching, Community, Conference | 5 Comments

Paul Klipp talked about listening at ALE2014 in Kraków. I find his practical approach to listening very compelling. I’m summarising the three methods he’s combined. The basic ideas are very simple: Let the other think, Understand emotional expressions, (see the next post) Train your mind to listen and understand, even when things get rough (last post). Let Them Think Paul […]