Improve – Lean Agile Guru

Mar

18

2019

Stay Hungry!

Improve, Learn new things, relentless and continuous improvement, Stay Hungry

I love to learn. I'm always hungry for knowledge. I buy books of similar theme. One day someone asked me: "Why buy books of the same theme? Is one book -- from these same-themed books --- not enough?" I replied: "If I've learned something new --- even from just a one-liner that is unique from one of those same-themed books -- then that book was worth it." That's how hungry I am. And I go further...I teach what I've learned. I have taught a lot of subjects -- Chess, Photography, Civil Engineering, Psychology, Cooking, Agile, Lean, Marketing, Business, Computer Programming,…

To Pivot or to Persevere…that is the Question

Agile, Improve, Inform, Innovate, Inspire, Iterate, Lean, Transformation

"Pivot is a change in strategy without a change in vision" -- unknown. On April 17, 2018, we made a key decision: change the name and web address of our Blog site ( referring to another Blog site of ours, the predecessor of this Blog site). Why? The new name makes more sense in portraying what our Blog site is all about: Sharing knowledge and absorbing knowledge; providing enlightenment, guidance, coaching and encouragement; and being a Servant-Leader and a Guru. There were other things — that were observed (as part of the learning process) and measured — that were…

Failed and Half-Baked Transformation Lacks this, a…

Improve, Inform, Innovate, Inspire, Iterate, Transformation

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm -- Stephen Covey. Paradigm Shift! One of the first steps to transformation. Lean-Agile requires a Paradigm Shift…it is not optional. Failure to work on or shift your paradigm means failure to transform! According to the Merriam-Webster.com website, 'Paradigm Shift is an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way.' To effectively change -- not a small but big and primary…