Design your way of working

To deliver better results, improve — or even redesign — your way of working. But what does that mean? What needs to change? Would popular frameworks be useful in your unique context? What should people buy in to? And how can you tell that the upgraded way of working is actually different?

Too many organizations and leaders answer these questions on a tactical level. They think in terms of frameworks, processes, “best practices,” roles, tools, and artifacts, and do little to change mindset. If they’re into Agile, they find themselves going through the motions implementing some checklist, with little improvement to business outcomes.

The most critical part of a way of working is the mindset: the choices people make as they engage each other in work. Our experience shows that being intentional and explicit about mindset leads to better outcomes.

Save yourself considerable grief and misalignment. Download this printable poster and follow its process for determining mindset and appropriate methods. Use it for your upcoming initiative, in leadership discussions, kickoffs, and continuous improvement.

Want deeper yet accessible explanations of mindset — specifically the Agile one — and how to live it? Check out Gil’s book “The Agile Mind-Set“.

Designing an Agile way of working? Read Gil’s third book, “Agile for Non-Software Teams” (even if you develop software).

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