Author: Oluf Nissen

2022-02-06 05:11

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I wonder if this might be true more than you and I want to admit: agile coaches of all stripes have a deep need to be wanted – actually wanted. Not just to “bring the agile”, but to be engaged in the dance of opening new vistas for everyone they come into contact with, and to walk to those vistas together. To be a companion on a con-quest of inner discovery, leading to a new outward expression.

Originally posted on 2022-02-06 at 05:11 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6895957073566289920

2022-02-05 14:26

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Is a “rank and yank” employee management system at complete odds with the possibility to develop psychological safety in an organization? It seems to me that it is, but I’m curious about what you think. #PsychologicalSafety #HR #SystemsThinking #Leadership

Originally posted on 2022-02-05 at 14:26 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6895734309878165504

2022-02-01 01:03

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[Reposting from my Twitter @GeekTieGuy]
After watching #Encanto last night, here are some thoughts about parallels to work teams (NOT family dynamics). Each character has their own special “gift” which seems to largely define them and their role in the team. That’s often how things are at work too. Maribel is … 1/?

… different. She doesn’t have a “gift” (at least not one we know of). In other words, she’s not specialized. It’s not even apparent if she’s “deep” on anything. Turns out, she is, but not in the traditional understanding of “deep”. 2/?

Maribel is an embodiment of a long list of gifts that tend to be undervalued in a work context: Curiosity, courage, care, seeing the bigger picture, empathy, connection. All of that combined is what ends up making her magical. Her gift is integration. 3/3 #Encanto

Originally posted on 2022-02-01 at 01:03 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6894082716183203840

2022-01-23 07:01

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Sorry folks, it’s not “RIP” when you’re trying to express sympathy for people who are no longer alive. It’s “Rest in Peace”, fully spelled out, respecting the time they were alive by taking the time not to use an abbreviation. And if anything, it should be R. I. P., but even that is a pale consideration. Please, please, please, do better, I beg you. #feelingTriggered

Originally posted on 2022-01-23 at 07:01 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6890911361401016320

2022-01-20 15:09

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From a major healthcare network newsletter: “The highly contagious omicron variant continues to spread throughout our communities.”

How about: “All of our individual decisions and collective disagreements are continuing to enable the highly contagious omicron variant to spread throughout our communities.” (i.e. Fixed It For You.) #thirdrail #yesIwentThere

Originally posted on 2022-01-20 at 15:09 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6889946936133206016

2022-01-19 06:25

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You know that old “saw” about woodcutting and sharpening your tool? How if you just keep cutting and don’t stop to sharpen the tool, you won’t be able to cut anymore? Some people solve that by bringing in new saws all the time. Has the pandemic stopped that yet? Are there still sharp saws out there? Or is it time to sit down and learn the art of sharpening the saw you have?

Originally posted on 2022-01-19 at 06:25 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6889452826683150336