Offer choices! Talking about the pull principle means to talk about not having authorities and hierarchies, but talking about responsibility and commitment. The pull principle means to have the freedom and autonomy to be responsible and committed. And vice versa … Continue reading
We trust in the responsibilityand the commitment of our people. At it-agile, the company I work for and with, we use pull systems. Of course, whenever it comes to software development or project related activities (like organizing a conferece or … Continue reading
House building can be pushed or pulled When I write about people pulling work, it’s only half the picture without the customer. He’s the reason people are doing the work in the first place. The customer benefits very much from … Continue reading
No need for him: In a pull system,decisions are made by the responsibilityand commitment of experts doing the work. The pull principle changed the way we work. In the manufacturing process, pull prevents huge inventories and decreases costs, among other … Continue reading
Piggly Wiggly store 1916, the first supermarket in the world When Clarence Saunders built the very first supermarket, he did not know that he invented a principle that changed the world. It was 1916, when he was annoyed of the … Continue reading
Play4Agile Conference Logo At the Play4Agile 2012 conference in Rückersbach, Germany, in February, I especially enjoyed two sessions. Both sessions were about short games which can be played in trainings and workshops with groups, e.g. to warm up or to … Continue reading
At the OOP Conference 2012 in Munich I presented another version of my session “How Agile and Lean Changed My Organization” (in German, called “Wie Agil und Lean meine Organisation veränderte“). This was actually the outcome of the 2nd iteration … Continue reading
Telescope by Ryan Wick So far, so yay! Employees enjoy slack, organizations enjoy innovations resulting from employee’s slack, and teams are formed to drive innovative ideas. But what happens if an idea originating in slack is successful? With all those … Continue reading
Slack at Atlassian It’s actually pretty hard to get real data on slack. Most data you can find is diffuse and contains lots of rumours. It seems that especially on Google’s 20 % there are more myths than facts available. … Continue reading
Introducing slack, very carefully I don’t know how slack was introduced at Gore, 3M or Google. We at it-agile introduced slack very carefully. We had big discussions about the concept. Though it was very attractive, we feared the costs. Being … Continue reading
