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Lean, Agile and Flow conferences in 2024

With the end of the year fast-approaching I’m thinking about our 2024 Lean, Agile and Flow conferences. Once again we’re running 4…

Dec 16, 2023
Dec 16, 2023

How to run an Impact Mapping workshop

I’ve written previously about what Impact Mapping is and why you might want to use it.

Jun 26, 2023
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An impact map, showing a Goal at the centre — “Increase School Sign-Up by 20%” — an Actor — “School Leaders” and 3 Impacts, including “Email Marketing”
An impact map, showing a Goal at the centre — “Increase School Sign-Up by 20%” — an Actor — “School Leaders” and 3 Impacts, including “Email Marketing”
Jun 26, 2023
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Getting busy users to try your product

I work a lot in the public sector, helping teams do transformational delivery — either replacing legacy systems with modern, digital…

Jun 19, 2023
Black and White photograph from 1937 of the US Division of Classification and Cataloging. Long rows of desks with staff processing paperwork at each desk.
Black and White photograph from 1937 of the US Division of Classification and Cataloging. Long rows of desks with staff processing paperwork at each desk.
Jun 19, 2023

What is Impact Mapping?

I’m a big fan of Impact Mapping — a technique I use to help teams reach agreed goals and identify options for achieving those goals. I’ve…

Oct 17, 2022
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Outline Impact Map showing Goal, Actors, Impacts and Deliverables as a graph rooted at the Goal.
Outline Impact Map showing Goal, Actors, Impacts and Deliverables as a graph rooted at the Goal.
Oct 17, 2022
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Forecasting the length of your Beta

I was reading the other day about a government team that had compressed their Beta down in time to 12 weeks. It got me thinking about the…

Aug 18, 2022
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Aug 18, 2022
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Boldly going where no one has gone before? — creating a Discovery backlog.

I’m often asked to help teams kick off their Discovery projects — to help set them up for their first week or so of work — and I usually…

Mar 28, 2022
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Boldly going where no one has gone before? — creating a Discovery backlog.
Boldly going where no one has gone before? — creating a Discovery backlog.
Mar 28, 2022
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The Playbook Playbook — or How to create your first Playbook

I’ve been working with a few government teams to help them create Playbooks capturing how they do things in their team, project, programme…

Feb 15, 2022
The Playbook Playbook — or How to create your first Playbook
The Playbook Playbook — or How to create your first Playbook
Feb 15, 2022
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How to be obscure

I was thinking today, as consultant’s do, about how to increase the visibility of me and my work — I thought I’d do a quick anti-problem…

Dec 6, 2021
How to be obscure
How to be obscure
Dec 6, 2021
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What is an ‘enabling mindset’?

What is an ‘enabling mindset’?

Oct 14, 2021
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What is an ‘enabling mindset’?
What is an ‘enabling mindset’?
Oct 14, 2021
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Stop building Potemkin Villages!

In an apocryphal story, Grigory Potemkin, lover of Catherine the Great of Russia, is said to have built fake portable villages to impress…

Apr 26, 2021
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An older heritage facade having been saved while the building behind it is being demolished and redeveloped.
An older heritage facade having been saved while the building behind it is being demolished and redeveloped.
Apr 26, 2021
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Delivery Director createchange.io | Conference Organiser at Software Acumen

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