Elephant #11: sales fallacy
Let’s imagine a customer asks you for a product/service and you, as a consultant and salesperson, just sell them what
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Elephant #10: collaboration tools fallacy
Thinking that a collaboration tool will magically make people start communicating from scratch is like thinking that a beached boat
Read moreElephant #9: fake DevOps
Just to make it clear: a DevOps initiative which does not involve Operations is not a DevOps initiative: at most,
Read moreElephant #8: fancy names
Making a start-up’s name end with ‘fy’ (or whatever other trending option), might not guarantee the company’s success.
Read moreElephant #7: fake goals
When an organization has a knack of setting irrelevant and immeasurable goals, chances are they are not really interested in
Read moreElephant #6: results and rules
People’s behaviour within an organization will be unavoidably determined by the results they are asked for and by the rules
Read moreDesmontando un manual supuestamente imprescindible – Prequel
El libro Métodos Ágiles. Scrum, Kanban, Lean me ha recordado los inicios de la Wikipedia. Estoy segura de que la
Read moreElephant #5: customers (or integrity?) first
Putting customers first doesn’t mean you have to blindly provide them with all they ask for. Your mission is about
Read moreElephant #4: centralization
When your organization opted for centralization to unify processes and tools, nobody assessed the risk of losing touch with local
Read moreElephant #3: patchy acquisitions
When your organization started acquiring as many successful companies as possible, nobody took into account the impact on the culture
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