Sep 12, 2025 | 5. Complexity, 6. Business Agility, 7. Sustainability, Uncategorized
In endurance sports, every athlete knows the sensation of lactate. When intensity rises above the aerobic threshold, the body produces lactate as a byproduct. In small doses, it’s not harmful, indeed it’s a signal that adaptation is taking place. But if it accumulates...
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...
Apr 6, 2025 | 8. AI & Agile
In the world of agility, we’ve learned to use the concept of value streams as both a conceptual and organizational map to understand how an organization creates value for its customers. It was a necessary and useful revolution that helped us move beyond the siloed,...
Mar 17, 2025 | 6. Business Agility, 8. AI & Agile, Uncategorized
in February, the Business Agility Institute released an interesting report named “From Constraints to Capabilities AI as a Force Multiplier”. It’s definitely worth reading. Two things we loved the most: 1. it gives actual numbers of force multiplier...
Mar 9, 2025 | 5. Complexity, 6. Business Agility, 8. AI & Agile
AI has the potential to reshape Agile, making feedback loops faster and iteration cycles shorter. By combining AI-driven personas with Hyper-Sprints, teams can adapt in real-time, reducing waste and accelerating value delivery. In the past twenty years, Agile...
