Jan Bosch
The companies that I work with, both in my research and my consulting engagements, are all going through a digital transformation. These companies are looking to become digital companies rather than whatever they were before. In this journey, however, there is an interesting question that comes up on a regular basis: what does it mean … Read more
People love meetings. For some reason that I can’t get my head around, whenever any form of coordination needs to take place the first and often only tool in the toolbox of most people is to call for a meeting. And preferably invite as many people as possible so that we all can sit around … Read more
During the last week I was reflecting on the change processes ongoing in several of the companies that I work with. Although I don’t want to generalize too aggressively, it seems to me that most companies are on a similar journey. Starting from a situation where the key value proposition of the company was expressed … Read more
This week I spent time at several conferences and I noticed something surprising: Almost 20 years after the publication of the Agile Manifesto, there are STILL people talking about their agile transformation and consultant companies talking about the challenges of adopting agile practices. What in heaven’s name is going on here? Let’s be clear here: … Read more
During a number of discussions the last weeks, the notion of outcomes and disappointment with outcomes was brought up. The tendency in these conversations is an endless exploration of the reasons the unsatisfactory outcome happened (or, occasionally, why the unexpectedly positive outcome happened). Quickly people start to disagree and provide arguments for alternative points of … Read more
