Analogy

Too Focused

Got pulled over for speeding several days ago... too focused on getting to my destination -- my daughter's middle school... so in that zone... in that flow... getting 'from point A to point B'... did not even see how fast I was going even though I got the heads-up display of my speed in front of me... did not feel I was speeding... did not even see the police car waiting -- for speedsters-- on the the median! Sometimes -- specially in our rush --- we forget to check our surroundings... and we get a setback ... a penalty... a…
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Funding Capacity… an Analogy. Part III

Funding Capacity… an Analogy. Part III

Container cargo ships just like the Maersk ships are the 'new way' for the transportation of things of value! If you look closely at a Maersk ship, you'll see fixed capacity containers... wherein things of value are put in; the shippers (Business owners/enterprise) pay for the fixed-capacity containers... at fixed cost...and they can put anything in there as long as it fits and legal. They are also aware of Maersk' published and fixed schedule: the shipment's departure and arrival times got cadence... fixed... and predictable. Maersk's customers can plan accordingly, schedule-wise... and cost-wise since the cost for the capacity is…
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Funding Capacity… an Analogy. Part II

SAFe uses 'Burning Platform' as an analogy for Illustrating a tipping point ... a catalyst ... driver for change. It's is a good analogy... a needed shove from inaction to action. We need a follow-up analogy...for funding capacity not projects: The Titanic! Titanic sunk ... it is gone ... and there is a new ship in town. Let's take a step back to see why the ill-fated ship, Titanic, is a good analogy for funding projects. Money talks: Executives with money to fund their pet projects get their way ... regardless of the overall enterprise strategy. Meaning, other projects with…
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A Film on Lean-Agile…

A Film on Lean-Agile…

I love film and filmmaking! One film that immediately grabbed my lean-agile mindset when I first saw it, was the film about Ray Crock and McDonald's... titled "The Founder". As I was watching it, I sort of made some parallelism in my mind with the film's story and lean-agile. An analogy if you will. After watching the movie, I've expressed this analogy that is sitting on my mind... by mashing up a film (under my filmmaking outfit 'CG Pictures')... by grabbing key scenes in the film and superimposing texts... to provide a lean-agile narrative that parallels those key scenes. I…
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