Which components do you use to enable people to work together in a new remote team in an appreciative and value-creating way? A field report.
t2informatik Blog – Tips and tricks for processes & methods
Introverts in brainstorming sessions
Introverts often prefer to generate ideas quietly. How can this work in a brainstorming session?
Higher, faster, disruption!
Companies are increasingly talking about disruption. What is a disruption anyway and what relevance does it have internally and externally?
LXP – Combining learning with pleasure
How do people learn best, what do (LMS) learning management systems offer and why is the time right for LXP (learning experience platforms)?
Career changer in the UX industry
Career changers are no longer a rarity in today’s professional world. How does a lateral entry into the UX industry work? A field report.
Strategic alignment with OKR
What is the importance of alignment when working with Objectives and Key Results and what is addressed by it?
The demand for authenticity
The call for authentic communication is getting louder and louder. Why should authenticity nevertheless not become a leitmotif of your organisation?
Learning leadership through facilitation
Moderation and leadership have some things in common. How can leadership be trained through facilitation and what are the resulting tips?
Inner Work – The confrontation with oneself
Many people shy away from dealing with themselves. What steps help with Inner Work and why is it worth the effort?
Who relies on trust has already lost?
Those who discuss trust in an organisation also promote communication about mistrust. How can this paradox be solved?
The idea of #NoEstimates
What is the idea behind #NoEstimates? Why can effort estimates be an antipattern and what is the key to more predictability?
Rating: Wonderful!
Es ist Zeit für neue wunderbare Buchempfehlungen. Und es ist Zeit für drei spezifische Fragen an wunderbare Buchautor:innen.
Agility? We tried it! Does not work! – Part 7
There are many reasons why agility does not work in companies. The final part of the series is about utilisation, scaling and feedback.
Social Selling Horror
Social selling is considered the new magic wand of successful selling. With the right people in focus, this may even be true.
The nine principles of requirements engineering
The activities in requirements engineering are based on nine principles. What are they and how does the interaction work?
Unconscious biases – the world in our heads
There are over 180 different unconscious biases. What are the advantages and disadvantages, and what can be done against one’s own unconscious bias?
Quo vadis, agile coaching?
Agile coaching has to decide: does it want to contribute to feel-good management for employees or to binding product development?
The voice in business
A conversation about rhetoric, the writing of reflections and the importance of the voice in the wake of numerous digital formats.
Authentic leadership is nonsense!
Authenticity and authentic leadership are considered popular and desirable. Why is this nonsense and what does science have to say on the subject?
Clarifying roles in a team
Even in agile teams there is a need to define roles. How does this happen, when can roles be useful and when do they rather harm?
The search for X
In mathematics lessons, we often look for an X. It is a placeholder, much like agility is a placeholder in companies.
Learning leadership from aviation
What does leadership mean in a complex and dynamic world? And what can and should companies learn from aviation in this respect?
A good farewell: Offboarding deserves more acknowledgement
The potential of offboarding is not realised in many organisations. How can everyone involved make the most of a parting?
Why changes of perspective are important
When conversations in organisations are superficial, changes of perspective can help to improve the culture of conversation. How does it work?
Rating: Especially worth reading!
“Those who can read have a clear advantage” – says a popular wisdom. And which books are particularly worth reading? These recommended works are.
Of haptics and media competence
What influence do haptics have on our perception? How is media literacy developing in society? And how can the two be combined?
Is Design Thinking still alive?
Design thinking seems to be losing some of its importance. Is this impression deceptive and what is important when applying it in practice?
A for Agile Maturity Model
Many system vendors want to be and work in an agile way and are developing adapted approaches. What might an agile maturity model look like?
Improving team communication with LEGO Serious Play
How can team communication be improved with LEGO Serious Play? What is the process of a workshop and what is important in practice?
Christmas, time of expectation
Christmas is associated with many expectations that often do not (or cannot) come true. How could it work better?
Heroes have failed
Heroes are respected in companies and in our society. But for lasting change, something else is needed: normal people! A wake-up call!
The ideal annual appraisal
The image of annual appraisals is negative. This is due to many mistakes that organisations make when conducting them. What tips help?
Resource-oriented personnel marketing
Anyone who deals with personnel marketing should have clarity. Clarity about target groups and recruiting goals, about potentials and programmes, about …
Rating: Very worth reading!
“Do you read, do you know”. But which books are well worth reading? A new list with 12 book recommendations answers this question.
What agility is really about
Many companies use frameworks and tools for their agile development, but negate the basis for agility. This cannot work.
The battle over the budget – a counter-proposal
At the end of the year, the budget battles often begin in companies. What could an alternative approach look like and what is needed for it?
Ready, Set, Sprint
The Sprint is the heart of Scrum. How long does it last, how is it planned and which topics help with the planning? An introduction.
Change resistance in a team
What to do when a team wants to stay as it is and resists change? A practical report with impulses and group dynamic phenomena.
Water lilies in change processes
The shape of an organisational culture can be vividly described with the water lily model. But how does an organisation succeed in change?
Eliminating dependencies in Scrum
Dependencies in Scrum are a challenge. What causes them, how can they be identified and what tips help to eliminate them?
The PARIS model in service
In a service society, services become products. How does that work? With the PARIS Model and its 5 building blocks.
Proxy Product Owner – a Scrum Antipattern?
What does a proxy product owner do? In which scenarios is he used and what are the challenges?
Rating: Worth reading!
Voltaire said that “reading strengthens the soul”. But which books, among others, are worth reading? A list of book recommendations answers this question.
Customer retention – an outdated model?
Customer retention is important. Yet there are often situations where companies almost sabotage their customer relationships. A field report.
Cultural Hacking. A contribution to culture change?
Culture determines how work is done in companies. How can cultural hacking change a corporate culture in real terms? What works and what doesn’t?
Agility? We tried it! Does not work! – Part 6
There are many reasons why agility does not work in companies. Part 6 of the series is about new roles, status reports and old structures.
Please keep going!
Please keep going! There is nothing to see here! Except goldfish and tips for communicating benefits and call to actions.
6 principles for good online workshops and meetings
Online workshops and meetings pose challenges for everyone involved. Which principles are particularly helpful in conducting them?
Team culture in the home office with Lego Serious Play
What can you do to actively work on team culture in the home office? This is where the digitally adapted Lego Serious Play method comes in.
The right tone in UX writing
What is UX writing, what is Voice & Tone design and why are both points so important for companies and communication with users?
Lean Thinking in Sales and Marketing
How can lean thinking be established in sales and marketing? What is the value of customer benefit and how can it be determined?
Columbo’s rules
How can Inspector Columbo’s questioning techniques improve communication and cooperation in organisations and solve problems?
Why so many agile transformations still fail
Many agile transformations fail. How important are procedure, communication, trust, mistakes and security for the success of a transformation?
“Let’s do Flight Levels” they said….
The Flight Levels Model is a communication tool for organisations. How can it be successfully introduced and applied? A field report.
Productivity and humanity – contrast or win-win?
Productivity is considered a natural goal of successful companies. What does this mean for cooperation and what are the consequences?
My OKR is broken!
Often, OKR do not deliver what organisations expect from them. Why is this and what can organisations do better?
Agile task critique in the public sector
A task critique examines which tasks will be carried out in the future and in what way. How does a remote, agile task critique work?
Remote Sprint Review in Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
What is the purpose of the Sprint Review in Scrum and how could a Sprint Review in Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) with multiple remote teams be facilitated?
Languishing and Dahinsumpern
What is languishing and flourishing? And what role does digital facilitation play in successful team development?
From why questions to miracle questions
You certainly know why questions, but do you also know miracle questions? An entertaining description of questioning techniques, perspectives and answers.
Our experiences with Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
How does the introduction and implementation of Objectives and Key Results (OKR) work? A field report from a specialist in trade fair planning and construction.
Internal Agile Coaching
Many organisations rely on internal agile coaching. What models are there, what are the advantages and disadvantages and what should organisations look out for?
Creativity in companies
Creativity is an important ingredient for the success of companies. How creative are organisations and what tips promise improvement?
Giftedness and high sensitivity in companies
Chances are good that your company also employs people with giftedness. How can you use the potential?
Agile Mindset? I know of something much better!
In demanding an agile mindset, the paradox of agility becomes visible and the nature of complexity is overlooked. What helps is a …
How vulnerable is corporate data?
Many medium-sized companies increasingly fear for their corporate data. What are the threats and how are they perceived?
Scrum Master and Agile Coach in comparison
Scrum Master and Agile Coach are two roles with parallels and differences. A comparison of tasks and knowledge during a conversation in the coffee kitchen.
Resilience is more than a buzzword
Resilience is suspected to be a buzzword, yet it is something that individuals and organisations should consider. Why and how?
The good old change of perspective
The change of perspective helps in change processes and makes it easier to let go of one’s own positions. But what can be done about systemic blockages?
How does the True Leader bring the Agile Mindset into the team?
Is there such a thing as an agile mindset, why is it needed, why should it be changed and what role does a true leader play in this?
Team topologies in adaptive organisations
If you want to design modern software architectures, you have to adapt your organisation. The time is ripe for team topologies.
Empowerment and self-organisation – good preparation is everything
Empowerment and self-organisation sound positive and promise numerous advantages. But the road is often long – what does it depend on in detail?
Constructivism in organisations
Constructivism says: objectivity is an impossibility because each individual constructs his or her own reality. What does this mean for organisations?
And he does play dice…
Can you imagine making decisions by dice or coin toss? What are the advantages, what are the flaws in thinking and what are the limits?
Spotlight on: Encourage!
Encouragement is a sign of attention that encourages others or oneself. How can we encourage in practice?
Dealing with change
Changes pose major challenges to people and organisations. Do models help normalise or predict responses?
People are quite different, aren’t they?
People have different communication preferences. Those who know their own and their conversation partners’ preferences are at an advantage.
Home-Office-School Balance – is it possible?
Home Office and Home Schooling at the same time is a big challenge. How can a Home-Office-School Balance possibly be achieved?
Candidate Experience
Candidate Experience – just another term for buzzword bingo or what is behind it? What phases exist and how does it work in practice?
Dark Data
What is Dark Data? What are the prominent and lesser-known examples and should companies collect and monetise dark data?
Agile risk management – do we need it?
How can risks be addressed in an agile approach without setting up classic structures? A method proposal for agile risk management.