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One of my favorite cars that I ever owned was a 1967 Ford Falcon. I bought it for $600 when I was in college. It really wasn’t much of a...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 12, 2019
- 2 min
Team Emotional Flow
The morning begins with everyone arriving at the office and gathering in the kitchen. The whole team is works together, there are no...
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Tom Perry
- Feb 10, 2019
- 2 min
Building a Scaled Agile Framework for Dummies
Scaled Agile Frameworks like SAFe are all the rage these days. You can go out now and get training, certification and a shave from a bevy...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 26, 2019
- 4 min
Under Pressure
All organizations are open flow systems that have inputs, outputs, and boundaries. Within them there is a shape and structure that...
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Tom Perry
- Dec 12, 2018
- 3 min
Your Company is Not a Machine
Your organization… Your company… Your division… Your team… None of these things are a machine. In fact, if it’s made out of people, then...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 20, 2014
- 3 min
Time After Time
Last year I led an effort to implement time tracking for our teams. A quick warning is probably in order here:Never, ever, be the person...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 14, 2014
- 2 min
Continuous Improvement vs. Continuous Change
I’m a little down on the notion of continuous improvement these days. It’s not that it doesn’t happen – it does…sometimes. I simply fear...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 13, 2014
- 2 min
Poor Uses for Transparency
In the Agile world we do a lot of things to try and create transparency within our organizations. We put up information radiators like...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 11, 2014
- 2 min
Building Glass Houses: Creating the Transparent Organization
Visual management occurs at many levels. There is personal transparency: the ability for people to see what you are working on within the...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 7, 2014
- 2 min
Living in the Space Between the Notes
“The most critical aspect of the work, both artists said, was not the objects themselves, but the space between objects.” -Daniel J....
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Tom Perry
- Sep 28, 2014
- 2 min
Team Genetics
Today I was listing to “The Splendid Table”, a great cooking show on NPR. They were talking about variation in growing heirloom tomatoes....
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Tom Perry
- Sep 27, 2014
- 2 min
Broadcast Communication
In the agile development community, we are all hip to the notion of two way communication. It can be via any mechanism you choose: email,...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 24, 2014
- 2 min
Coping with a Fear of Inaccuracy
“Even imperfect answers can improve decision making.” – Donald Reinertson When I read this from Reinertson’s book on flow, I realized...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 22, 2014
- 3 min
The Values of a New Methodology: Swarming
Perhaps the time has come for a new methodology. The old methodologies are showing their age as they are gradually incorporated and...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 18, 2014
- 3 min
Killing 7 Impediments in One Blow
Have you heard the story of the Brave Little Tailor? Here’s a refresher: So one day this little guy kills 7 flies with one mighty blow....
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Tom Perry
- Sep 14, 2014
- 4 min
Hierarchy vs. Constellation
“Organizations must shift away from repetitive-function hierarchies with rules and enforcement and walls. Instead, we must migrate...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 13, 2014
- 2 min
Starting Backwards
If you were to draw a diagram of the entire product development process from start to finish, what would you start with? If you are like...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 10, 2014
- 3 min
Killing the Buddha
“If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!” This is a popular saying derived from an old Zen koan. When it comes to working with...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 9, 2014
- 2 min
Planning Feedback: Don’t Panic!
So the other day a VP asked our team for an estimate on a project. Now, putting aside whatever feelings you may have about the usefulness...
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Tom Perry
- Sep 7, 2014
- 2 min
Can a Project Be Beautiful?
What would make a project beautiful? What sort of aesthetic would we seek? Would would make a beautiful plan? What would make a beautiful...
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