Week Ending 17th February 2023

Relative Estimation

Another good week at anAgileMind we must be learning to stop starting and start finishing. First off the press is David’s article on helping teams to understand the deeper differences between traditional forms of estimation and relative estimation. Have your viewpoint changed too.

New and Improved Content

Wide range of topics being addressed this week. One day we will learn to focus too.

Transparency

We are open about the work we are doing, the way we are doing it and our progress. We seek out opportunities to share data and other information about our work. We encourage others to be transparent towards us.

Focus On Emergent Leadership

Leaders emerge at all scales in an organisation. Leadership is achieved not by appointment to a position but by gaining influence with our colleagues. As leaders we should seek out leaders as they emerge in the organisation and cultivate their growing sense of influence. Our culture should facilitate anyone in the organisation to become a leader and to grow their circles of influence. Our working practices should permit us to recognise and reward those who demonstrate leadership in the same way that we reward any other desirable capability in those we employ.

Focus on Organisational Health

The health of the organisation reflects the quality and sustainability of the culture that has been established. A healthy culture focuses on openness and trust. Leaders sustain this by clearly communicating the demands of the organisation’s culture and by consistently modelling the values and behaviours inherent in that culture.

Focus on Organisational Capability

The organisation reflects on its goals and its ability to deliver on those goals. Are there sufficient well-skilled teams to progress the work and deliver the goals that have been set?

Assess Organisational Health

On an infrequent basis we assess the health of the organisation. The central indicator of good organisational health is the happiness of the colleagues who work in the organisation coupled with the routine delivery of planned progress towards the goals the organisation has established. We use different tools and techniques to assess different aspects of the organisation’s health.