Stuff we’ve been thinking lately
by Paul Holden I like to think I’ve got a good set of values. I care deeply for others and seeing them succeed. I value honesty, creativity, family and making a difference. But, on the other hand, I’m not a saint either. My passion bubbles a bit too close to the surface and I’m exceptionally...
Read moreby Jennifer Riggins As I already mentioned, I am part of a brilliant group of supportive and clever people, each who bring different skills to the table. Yesterday, I shared Steve Tallantyre’s explanation of how to leverage the science behind motivation. Today, I offer you Molly Sears-Piccavey‘s own personal tricks to gain and hold onto that...
Read moreby Jennifer Riggins As an American who moved from Barcelona to London the week of Brexit, particularly this week, I’m finding it hard to get motivated. Add to that I’ve got a cold and am still catching up on sleep after election results. But thankfully it’s all following my annual weekend of inspiration and ass-kicking...
Read moreby Giovanni Battista Pozza Don’t put off til tomorrow the happiness that you can enjoy today. Happiness can be measured in an experience-based way rather than using considerations of how well life is going overall. Those considerations are usually too vague to push us to change our lives and make a commitment or action. Obviously...
Read moreby Ralph van Roosmalen In most companies the management is starting to prepare itself for the yearly performance review rituals. They are looking back at the last eight weeks of the year to decide how the managers can rank their employees from one to five. No worries, this isn’t a rant about the lost value...
Read moreby Durgesh Kumar Mishra To start, let’s ask ourselves, what is work-life balance? Work-life balance refers to the growing cognizance that people require a fine balance between the needs of work and those of the rest of their lives. One of the difficulties of addressing work life balance problems is that there is no ‘one...
Read moreby Ryan Lockard Recently I was in a car driving down the eastern coast of England with my Uncle David. It was a long ride through the winding country roads typical of Suffolk. We had a series of conversations about life, including his time as a touring trumpet player with various bands around Europe. His crowning...
Read moreby Sam, Management 3.0 Team This is the second blog in a two-part series about the power of emotional intelligence. In the first article we delved into self-reflection and self-awareness – the ability to name and identify our feelings so that ultimately we can take control of our actions. Part two will explore the next pillar...
Read moreby Jason Little I learned that “agile” was a thing around 2007. Before that, in the early 2000’s, the team I was working with was already following the values and principles, more or less, and we were using elements of Scrum and Kanban. We had ‘daily huddles’, we did weekly team meetings to figure out...
Read moreby Mila Sanchez Job satisfaction is so important when it comes to happiness at work. Some people, such as myself, are happiest in a worker bee position – happy to be part of the team and to do their part. Others, however, want a little bit more and this often means that they want to...
Read moreby Robie Wood This is the very first value listed in the Agile Manifesto. Individuals and interactions is all about the agile mindset and the behaviors that “being agile” is all about. Unfortunately, in many “agile” organizations, we still spend most of our time thinking about and working on improving our processes and tools. We...
Read moreby Beatriz Suarez After studying at the university for so long with the continuous support our parents, friends and loved ones, we finally see ourselves succeeding. We truly believe that after leaving that building and, thanks to the great knowledge we have acquired during all those years, we will achieve our dream job. Although, once...
Read moreby Patrick Verdonk Money is not the only commodity that is fun to give. We can give time, we can give our expertise, we can give our love or simply give a smile. What does that cost? The point is, none of us can ever run out of something worthwhile to give. Steve Goodier If...
Read moreby Jennifer Riggins We spend a lot of time talking about finding happiness at work. A very important thing. But you can’t really follow your passion if you are starving. One of the most important entrepreneurial skills is finding the right thing for you to do and then communicating it with proper branding. The world is a...
Read moreby Jurgen Appelo Following your feedback on the blogpost below, we have updated the Meddlers Game and you can purchase your own copy here or download, print and cut it out one here! One of the popular exercises of the Management 3.0 workshops is the Meddlers Game which facilitates discussions around organizational structure and organizational...
Read moreby Lisette Sutherland Technology is making the traditional 9-to-5 grind less necessary. Mobile devices, centralized data, and all kinds of apps and software are helping us stay connected wherever we are. So naturally, this creates new possibilities for increased work–life freedom, as more and more of us can work remotely. In the past, when we...
Read moreby Sam, Management 3.0 Team A few months ago I watched the documentary, The Making of a Murderer. For those who haven’t seen it – and I highly recommend you do – I won’t spoil the gut-wrenching plot. I’ll just say that it’s an extremely emotive true story about a family that is dealt one...
Read moreby Richard Atherton “Money makes the world go around,” so sang Liza Minnelli in Cabaret. Or does it? A plethora of research has now confirmed that for complex tasks, humans are simply not motivated by money. Or at least, if you do motivate them with money, they will not perform as well. This is remarkable...
Read moreby Jurgen Appelo In organizations, systems consist of people, structures, and processes that operate together to make an organization “healthy” or “unhealthy.” Wiki’s definition of systems thinking Judging by Thinking in Systems, the writing of systems thinker Donella Meadows, we all live our lives according to our purpose. #Purpose is deduced from #behavior, not from rhetoric...
Read moreby Jennifer Riggins We surely don’t believe that employee recognition should be relegated to one day a year. And we sure as heck don’t think it should be top-down. What we do know is that a lot of people are searching for—quite literally, on Google—employee appreciation ideas, but so often they aren’t involved in the...
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