Q&A ... DM exchange Friend: I would love to know how mindfulness works with fear. I feel like people often make wrong decisions when they know they are headed towards disaster. 🧵

Agile Base Pattern: Embrace Collective Responsibility wp.me/p3lktA-BI senexrex.com/pattern-collect…

Execs should be taught to use agile themselves Otherwise ➡️ they can’t distinguish between real and fake agile and... 👉 grifters with brands (large consultancies) can exploit them 👉 grifters with placebos (agile/waterfall hybrids) can distract them #agileisfragile

Is Agile a Subset of Lean Manufacturing? senexrex.com/lean-manufactur… via @senexrex

Agile Cancer: Stop Whining and Cure It senexrex.com/cure-agile-canc…

When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck —Paul Virilio This quote reminds me of the election of Donald Trump over Hilary Clinton. Trump was far more agile.

Having no problems is the biggest problem of all. —Taiichi Ohno father of the Toyota Production System aka Lean Manufacturing

GM to everyone that has gotten closer to Inbox Zero! I helped a friend get rid of 16,000 Inbox emails in 2 days. Aggressive unsubscribing helps her more reliably handle new emails. My emails to her get more attention. Be less stressed and more appreciated! Here's how... 🧵

If you feel safe in your area of work, you’re not working in the right area. Always go further into the water than you feel capable. Go a bit beyond your depth. When your feet no longer touch the bottom, you're just about to do something exciting. —David Bowie

This Agile Whys subset shows two practices documented in the Agile Canon:  Embrace Collective Responsibility 🤝 and Align to a Driving Purpose ✴️. The Agile Whys prescribes coaching for preceding causes. #agile #mindfulness #5whys @mindful_agility sr.link/a5w1

We can produce value faster 🚀 , using five whys to explore dysfunctions and optimize incremental value. Superficial analysis and reactive decision-making 💩, used by many managers, usually make things worse. #agile #mindfulness @mindful_agility sr.link/a5w1

When you look at human life carefully, you will find out how important it is to become a trustworthy person. —Shunryu Suzuki

Breaking items down thoughtfully is largely a product owner skill. But lazy product owners (and coaches) abdicate value decisions to dev teams. Dev-only perspective is cost-centric. Value comes from smart product choices. Product+Dev partnership delivers profit=value/cost

1/ A mindful business pays close attention to what is going on around the business, refusing to function on “auto-pilot.” It helps high-reliability organizations avoid catastrophic errors. — Joshua L. Ray Do we have a mindful business? How can we become a mindful business? 🧵

Zen practice is like walking in a gentle mist. The changes are so subtle, we hardly notice we are getting wet at all. Just keep making the effort, without any ambition, each moment, each day. When you least expect it, you may find you are soaked, to the bones. —Shunryu Suzuki

@ChristopherAver taught me "tit-for-tat" to discover the commitment limit of a potential collaborator. Start with a small time investment, and see if your friend matches it. Keep upping the ante until it's unmatched. Now you know the collaboration level to expect. Life saver.

If we have trouble motivating or helping others, we may need greater compassion, the skill of empathy. Compassion informs better results in peace or war, collaboration or exploitation. Compassion is essential for product management and agile management. #agile #lean @agilecanon

Driving Purpose senexrex.com/driving-purpose…