Sep 7, 2025 | 3. Change Management, 5. Complexity, Uncategorized
Why effort ≠ performance — and what leaders can do about it In my last article — Why Organizations Get Stuck in Zone 5 (and What It Costs Them) — I explained how many companies fall into the trap of confusing effort with performance, pushing their people into a...
Aug 31, 2025 | 3. Change Management, 4. Agile Leadership, 5. Complexity, 6. Business Agility, 7. Sustainability, Uncategorized
Recently, on Linkedin, I shared a reflection on a paradox: many organizations operate as if they were athletes constantly training in Zone 5—maximum intensity, maximum effort, but sustainable only for a very short time. In endurance sports, coaches have long known...
Dec 29, 2024 | 3. Change Management, 4. Agile Leadership, 5. Complexity, 6. Business Agility, 8. AI & Agile
The rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence is reshaping industries while also challenging the principles of Agile and software development. Agile should evolve to integrate AI seamlessly while amplifying human creativity, empathy, and ethical oversight. It is...
Dec 7, 2024 | 3. Change Management, 4. Agile Leadership, 5. Complexity, 6. Business Agility
In my recent posts, Value, Value, Value! The Businesslike Agility and Agile — From Delivery to Value, I focused on one essential idea: value comes first. It’s not about delivering for the sake of delivery, but about ensuring that every effort, every sprint, every MVP,...
Oct 24, 2023 | 1. Agile Basics, 3. Change Management, 7. Sustainability
While uncertainties are always challenging organizations’ capacity to deliver value, the future is an amazing place to be and it promises to be very exciting also for agile teams as embracing new skills, technologies, and ways of working will elevate them to the...
Oct 19, 2023 | 1. Agile Basics, 3. Change Management, Uncategorized
New technologies, workplace approaches, and economic shifts have largely impacted the world of work. More human skills are requested (e.g., communication, empathy, adaptability) and, at the same time, organizations are seeking “pi-shaped” individuals with specialized...
