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11 Feb 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 12th February 2021

Happy Friday,This weeks insights include: • Are you solving the wrong problems? ⚠️ • Find your perfect coaching book 📚 • A self-care writing exercise ❤️Enjoy!Are you solving the wrong problems? ⚠️This week I read Upstream Thinking by Dan Heath.It explores how people commonly focus on solving the wrong problems. They react to problems after they happen.Instead, Dan suggests preventing problems upstream.What I enjoyed most about the book are the stories used throughout.A great example is a Dutch

9 Feb 2021Book Summaries11 min read

Book Summary: Upstream by Dan Heath | How to solve problems with Systems Thinking

The case studies and stories within this book are fantastic. They reveal concrete examples of how shifting upstream can have big results. For example, the story of how the dutch bicycle company. To reduce damage in transit delivered their bicycles in TV boxes. Amazing!

5 Feb 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 5th February 2021

Happy Friday,This week's insights include: • How healthy is your organisation? 🍏 • The only seven coaching questions you need 💬 • How to be an antiracist 🖤Enjoy!How healthy is your organisation? 🍏This week I attended "Designing Epistemically Healthy Organisations with Wardley MappingThere were many insights across the three days. In particular, I enjoyed exploring definitions of organisational health.An unhealthy system is where people within the organisational system are unaware of how the

3 Feb 2021Organisational Design9 min read

Learning Journal: Wardley Mapping - Ben Mosior and Jabe Bloom | Designing Healthy Organisations

A learning journal of notes, quotes and insights from a wonderful training workshop led by Jabe Bloom and Ben Mosior.

The workshop focused on the principles, theory, thinking behind mapping and "How to do" Wardley Mapping. All within the context of increasing epistemic health of organisations.
This journal is mostly focused on the thinking behind mapping and less so on "How To Map". If you are interested in how to do Wardley Mapping Ben's website is the place to go: https://learnwardleymapping.

31 Jan 2021Coaching9 min read

Book Summary: The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier | Big Ideas and Best Quotes

The big ideas, best quotes and top takeaways from The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stainer. You'll learn the seven coaching habit questions that can be used to coach in 10 minutes or less. Essential reading for busy managers who want to build great teams.

31 Jan 2021Coaching9 min read

Book Summary: The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier | Big Ideas and Best Quotes

The big ideas, best quotes and top takeaways from The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stainer. You'll learn the seven coaching habit questions that can be used to coach in 10 minutes or less. Essential reading for busy managers who want to build great teams.

28 Jan 20212 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 29th January 2021

Happy Friday,This week's insights include: • Is this the most undervalued leadership skill? 💡 • How to build a reading habit 📚 • A January Retrospective 📈Enjoy!Is this the most undervalued leadership skill? 💡This week I've started building a new online course: "The skills of change: How to adapt in a complex world"As part of this course, I'll be teaching the undervalued but impactful skills that help you thrive in complexity.One of those skills is Sensemaking.Sensemaking refers to how we str

28 Jan 2021Systems Thinking & Complexity4 min read

How Sensemaking Helps You Lead In Complexity

In complex situations, traditional leadership skills are not sufficient. This article explores the power of sensemaking. Sensemaking refers to how we structure the unknown so as to be able to act in it. Putting it into practice this article shares the 8 behaviours to get you started.

24 Jan 2021Book Summaries11 min read

Book Summary: Empowered by Marty Cagan | Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products

Learn the importance of Empowered Product Teams and how to enable them in your organisation. This summary explores the big ideas and actions you can take to make this a reality. This includes the importance of product strategy, coaching and leadership.

21 Jan 2021Newsletter2 min read

Curated Insights | Friday 21st January 2021

Happy Friday,This week's insights include: • Why you shouldn't build Feature Teams • How to overcome your fears • The cure for zoom fatigueEnjoy.Don't Build Feature Teams ⛔️This week I finished Empowered by Marty Cagan.I enjoyed Marty’s very strong views on Product Strategy and Feature Teams:“In most companies, there is no product strategy. Notice I didn't say a bad product strategy—I mean literally no product strategy. The feature teams are simply there to serve the business.”Marty believes tha

19 Jan 2021Book Summaries5 min read

Book Summary: Hiring Product Managers by Kate Leto | Using Product EQ

For many Product people, success comes from mastery of tools like roadmaps, MVPs, A/B testing and OKRs. Hard skills, critical as they are, just aren’t enough. The secret to success in Product is the way a product person thinks, learns, communicates and adapts.

16 Jan 2021Book Summaries7 min read

Book Summary: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson | Insights For Your Career

Naval Ravikant shares insights that can help you succeed in life and work. This summary focuses on how Naval's ideas explore the future of work. You'll learn the important skills to help you build a successful career.