A blog for people in organisations.

Employees want to take responsibility, managers want to hand over responsibility. Why does this interaction work so rarely in practice?

The topic of sustainability offers opportunities and possibilities for companies. But how do you get started with the topic and where do you find support?

How can a sustainable working culture be created? How can good cooperation and results be realised? With GOOD WORK.

Children’s interest in software development, internal experts, the value of Scrum and search engine optimisation – 4 impulses from 4 experts.

What is the aim of empirical requirements engineering, what are the difficulties and what is the current state of the art?

Artificial intelligence with tools like ChatGPT is also on the rise in software development. How useful is that? A pro and con.

New Work offers opportunities and benefits for product teams, but also some challenges. How can real difficulties be overcome?

Cloud reporting is a very useful approach to evaluating large amounts of data. How does this work with the tools Power BI and Snowflake?

Storytelling in change processes can help to actively turn participants into supporters. Prerequisite: basic human motives are addressed.

Looking for podcasts by women on work culture, learning, leadership, coaching, management or politics? You’ll find great recommendations here.

What would be the corporate impact if autonomy, creativity and personal responsibility of employees were to be seriously focused on?

The question of whether children should learn to code already at school is hotly debated. One point is often overlooked: We need a revolution!

Digitalisation is also forcing companies to rethink personnel development. Which areas of competence are becoming key factors?

Software is changing the world. Are software companies ready to assume their responsibility for a sustainable transformation of the global economy?

The relationship between project management and steering board is not always easy. What tips help to create transparency?

Different characteristics of innovations, the longing for leadership and the effect of individual bonuses – 3 impulses from 3 experts.

Chaos engineering has something that many a framework wishes for: practical relevance. What logic and principles does the approach follow?

What is the difference between an executive and a leadership personality? And how do more and more women succeed in leading with personality?

Radical acceptance is a powerful tool to strengthen the resilience of a team. How can it be implemented and where are the stumbling blocks?

IT portfolio management in classic organisational structures is a challenge. How does the agile application work? A practical report.

In the company, there are procedures, patterns or marketing practices that have not been thought through to the end and are not suitable for imitation. A selection!

Self-efficacy and collective efficacy are important for the success of teams. What influence does the work environment have on both factors?

Who doesn’t know him, the old white man who resists change? Does he also exist in companies and what are the possible consequences?

Greenwashing is considered bad and image-damaging, but many companies do it. What are the reasons and motives for and against it?

What phase of life are many employees in their mid-30s in and why is it important for companies to address this?

The superficial support of a community, cooperation instead of opposition and the prescribed return to offices – 3 impulses from 3 experts.

What is your motivation to be a manager?Many people answer this question with the will to create. But what does this mean in practice?

Patrick Lencioni defines five dysfunctions in teams. What are the correlations and what insights can be derived? A review.

Many organisations want to become more resilient and agile. However, they often turn the wrong screws in the process. A thesis.

Creativity is an important ingredient for the success of companies. How creative are organisations and what tips promise improvement?

It seems that nobody likes meetings. What is missing is a concept that optimises the path to decision-making to get more out of meetings.

Leadership and followership are two factors for good cooperation in organisations. How do you strike a balance between these factors?

Different working hours, communication about agility and a role in employee retention – three impulses from three experts on three topics.

Time and again, companies look for someone to blame. Why is this so, why do employees participate in it and what is the alternative?

Why should companies pay more attention to the success of their customers? And which factors work directly towards customer satisfaction?

It’s nice to have people in your network who can help with questions. And how do you find such people? Through strategic networking.

What does a proxy product owner do? In which scenarios is he used and what are the challenges?

The decision-making ability in a team is a collective quality that is decisive for success in complex situations. How can it be shaped?

Many organisations are showing interest in self-organisation. Where does it fit and where does it not and how can an introduction succeed?

Many companies manage requirements in office tools. Why should companies use professional requirements management tools?

Stumbling blocks lurk in the introduction of Kanban. A practical look at interpretations, terms, visualisations, workload, flow and metrics.

Key figures are omnipresent in organisations. What are their purposes, what effects do they have and what blind spots loom?

Participation is the magic word when employees are to become ambassadors. How does this change corporate communication?

Interest in intrapreneurship is growing in organisations. With the help of empowerment and ownership, employees act like owners.

Driving innovation is indispensable for many companies. But sometimes less is more. How does the art of omitting things work?

How can psychological safety contribute to meetings being more effective and better decisions being made together?

Many companies are concerned with sustainability. How can a strategy be developed and which measures promise success?

Value pricing, effort estimation in software development and developer skills of Agile Coaches – 3 impulses from 3 experts on 3 topics.

Many artists have approached the motif of the Easter Bunny in their paintings. A surreal excursion into an art history and a homage to Easter.

The works council can become a partner or opponent of the management in an agile transformation. How can they be positively involved?

Stimuli trigger impulsivity in some people. But impulsivity is not a fixed trait. How can you react more calmly? You can find tips here!

How can we benefit from Artificial Intelligence? A conversation with ChatGPT about working in teams and team roles according to Belbin.

The 4-day week is much discussed. While some companies are still arguing, others are already using the working model. What are the advantages?

The backlog as the ultimate to-do list becomes a burden, especially when it is unclear what constitutes product success. Which approach helps?

Organisations that rely on internal Agile Coaching have challenges to overcome. A fresh look at experiences helps here.

Reinventing oneself again and again is becoming a constant challenge for companies. The time has come for the WOW! company!

Formulating user stories with “As a [role], I want [function] so that [benefit]” can cause big problems. How can this be avoided?

Many organisations could get more out of the sprint review in the course of product development. Which 4 ideas help to maximise the benefit of it?

What measures can be used to promote loyalty, how can strengths and weaknesses be dealt with successfully and what helps in the face of uncertainty in companies?

What is the importance of personal brands for companies? A conversation with Heiko Roessel, Tanja Bernsau and Alex Rammlmair about personal branding.

Measuring and communicating their impact is a challenge for social enterprises. How do ethos, pathos and logos help in practice?

“All feedback is toxic” is heard more and more often. Why is this nonsense, what is Feedback 101 and why is feedback a process?

A conversation with ChatGPT about the importance of clicks and impressions, and a possible end to content marketing as we know it today.

Which fields of action are important in distributed software projects and how can successful requirements elicitation in workshops be achieved?

Even if there is no universal leadership concept, corporate culture is the foundation for loyalty. How can it be shaped?

Many organisations have difficulties with New Work. What conditions must be created so that New Work is more than just business theatre?

The Project Management Institute lists 10 success factors for projects. They are particularly effective in combination with power skills.

Why do people like posts on social media, what meaning can likes have and are likes a kind of currency and if so, for whom?

What is loyalty, which forms can be distinguished and what significance does it have in companies in topics such as leadership or communication?

What is behind the Shift-Left approach and why does it have a maximum positive effect with DevOps? A field report!

“What is the most important skill for employees and for companies? – Madeleine Kern, Janine Tychsen and Joan Hinterauer answer these two questions.

Dealing with complexity determines the future viability of companies. What do organisations need to become faster, more agile, more innovative?

Training is of little use when organisations want to address cultural issues and changes. What helps is an intentional discourse.

Actively letting go is an approach in an uncertain time for a (working) life in which people want to shape the future according to their ideas.

The Scrum Master job can bring mental stress. What circumstances contribute to this and what measures help to balance it out?

Project leadership without self-leadership does not work! How can self-leadership be learned and what are the effects?

The time is right for really wonderful book recommendations. Different themes, different motifs, exciting books!

How can you take a hibernation as a self-employed person and what are the rules of the game? A field report and a proposal.

Many people would like to have fewer or shorter gatherings. What are four tips to help create better meetings?

Tuckman’s model of team development is often critically questioned. What did Tuckman do and what did he want to achieve? A classification.

In many companies it can be observed how the project term is undermined and employees are exploited. What can those affected do?

What is the Software Bauhaus concept? How does it help in the development of software and what advantages does it offer in practice?

How can the path to (more) agility succeed in the energy industry? Which lessons learned are important? A field report.

Teams can prepare for retrospectives with data science methods and Jira data. A look at application scenarios and backgrounds.

What is Svelte? What are the differences to other frameworks, when is it suitable for use and when should you wait a little longer?

Adaptive Facilitation can help with complex and complicated issues. How does the facilitation method with its 18 principles work?

What is personal branding? Why do you need a personal brand and what strategy can you use to develop one?

Looking for great podcasts about decision-making, clarity or working in organisations? Here you will find a list of recommendations.

How can organisations deal with diversity in the right way, what is diversity in the first place and why should it be consciously promoted?

Recommendation marketing is considered an effective means of customer acquisition. How does it work and what do you have to watch out for? A field report.

“How do you learn?” and “How do organisations learn?” – Julia Collard, Tim Robert Zander and Tobias Leisgang answer these two questions in a conversation.

Agility is considered a buzzword by many people. Why and when can its deliberate use as a buzzword nevertheless make sense?

What microservices architecture does Uber use? And what is the connection between DevOps principles, autonomous teams and microservices?

What is project politics, what influences it in real company life and how can companies gradually develop “healthy” project politics?

What can companies do if they find that their agile transformation is stagnating? What challenges do they need to overcome?

What is an adaptive organisation (#AdaptiveOrg)? How is the core process designed and what are the tasks of catalysts?

How can differences of opinion be resolved before they escalate into emotional conflicts? Three tasks and Inspector Columbo can help.

Self-employed people often struggle with positioning their service. What question should they answer to initiate sales

How can cooperation in workshops and meetings be designed to create a spirit of togetherness at eye level? A field report.

Why is it a good idea to do software development in an agile way, but not a good idea to offer agile software development as a service?

What is problem thinking and how can we free ourselves from situations where negative thoughts are triggered by problems?

What is the truth of the saying “A fool with a tool is still a fool”? What influence do tools, features or perspectives have in the assessment?

Self-organisation is an important topic in many companies. How is it promoted and how important are structures, processes and roles?

A list of abbreviations that are frequently used on the internet. JTLYK, probably TL;DR, AFAIC useful and an alternative to STW.

There are at least 5 major misconceptions when discussing quantum computers and quantum technology. An attempt at explanation.

A collection of quotes about paths, planning, future, knowledge, ideas, risks, courage, mistakes, changes, successes, motivation, leadership and happiness.

What can companies learn from Maori culture and what concepts can be found that are also addressed in New Work?

What is behind New Leadership? What is new about it, why are companies no longer able to avoid it and how do you become a New Leader?

Almost 29 million people in Germany are involved in voluntary work. What role do leadership and agility play in volunteering?

In times of high market dynamics, many companies want to be as agile as start-ups. Resilience is the key factor for sustainable agility.

Basic features are not perceived by many customers, but their absence causes dissatisfaction. Why is their importance increasing nowadays?