My Ideal Corporate Culture and Work Environment. Also, my “plan of attack” to get things done from a Home Office, as an “on-site twice per week” (mostly) Remote Worker
The Scrum Guide™ … “The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game”
For any organization bigger than “The 2 Pizza Rule” (below), this is a desirable
framework for work.
Scrum Methodology … a good introduction, presented in the context of software development
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Kanban vs Scrum – a practical guide [PDF] … or here is the
Latest Version (still Free but Registration Required)
“I hope this article will clarify both tools by comparing them to each other, so you can figure out how these might come to use in your environment.”
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Identify opportunities for improvement
Discuss them within a team and/or with a supervisor
Test and implement the idea, evaluating its impact
Document what was done
Share what was done and recognize people
When you’re not the manager 'type,’ how do you move up the corporate ladder?
What I am looking for is a fulfilling career, where I am able to make a difference over the next 20 to 25 years, and I make enough to take care of myself in a reasonable manner. So if we can put the corporate ladder aside, this explanation of
a working partnership with positions as either
Management or
Profession Expert is the best introduction to this concept that I have seen.
… to successfully reinvent a Corporate Hierarchy as a Co-operative Organization of Employees:
Holacracy and
How It Works
☞ This provides a
3rd alternative to conventional top-down or progressive bottom-up approaches
“Holacracy is a radically different management system that changes how an organization is structured, how decisions are made, and how power is distributed.”
The Unexpected Downsides to Running a Lean Team
I have seen this for the past decade at small Non-Profits and Charities. If an organization can explain how they plan to recruit/hire/onboard the
necessary staffing levels − to accomplish what they have set out to do − that is an organization I would want to work at.
A Simple Rule to Eliminate Useless Meetings
“ … we have essentially eliminated the presentation. In lieu of that, we ask that materials that would typically have been presented during a meeting be sent out to participants at least 24 hours in advance so people can familiarize themselves with the content. … With the presentation eliminated, the meeting can now be exclusively focused on generating a valuable discourse … and perhaps most importantly, having a meaningful debate.”
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The Beauty of Amazon's 6-Pager
Quoting from Jeff Bezos: “And so instead, all of our meetings are structured around a 6 page narrative memo. … If you have a traditional ppt presentation, executives interrupt. If you read the whole 6 page memo, on page 2 you have a question but on on page 4 that question is answered.”
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The Magic of Being in Monk Mode … how
flexible work and
remote work can actually facilitate productivity
“There is a time to collaborate together; there is a time to be in monk mode. As Pablo Picasso is credited with saying, 'Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.' ”
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A few extremely insightful articles – which are especially of notice related to the Non-Profits and Charities that I find myself involved with on an ongoing basis.
Do you REALLY want innovation in your business? … how-to to cultivate innovation, instead of stifling it
“If you want to be innovative, just banish that ‘let's not reinvent the wheel’ phrase from your vocabulary right now. … Learn to approach your enthusiastic change-proposer with a debate model. … With the benefit of your wisdom and their energy, you just may wind up with an innovative new idea that works.”
10 immutable laws of mistakes
“Mistakes are inevitable. But as Allan Norton explains, certain laws govern how we deal with them, learn from them, conceal them, and even profit from them.”
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Focus on Call Center Metrics that Matter
The
concepts presented by this article could be applied to other situations where support is provided over the phone and/or over the Internet on an ongoing basis.
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Leadership Manual (orientation, governing documents)
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Style Guide (branding, image, logo, communication preferences)
Business Continuity or Crisis Manual (emergency prep, stored off-site)
Personnel Manual (HR handbook)
Procedures Manual (how-to processes and steps for administration by staff and/or committees).
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