The concept of Window of Tolerance is a useful one to help us understand why we feel so stressed in today’s working environments. The original theory comes from Childhood Development. I’ve observed the same behaviors in adults as well. Also, many of the same solutions. Are the environments you are creating around yourself safe or […]
Case Study: Advocates for Human Rights
Agile looks like people hunched over index cards. Thank you Michele, Rosalyn, Sarah, Jinath, and the rest of the Advocates staff for your hospitality. Last month, I had an opportunity to do some pro-bono work with the Advocates for Human Rights. They KNEW there was a better way to run their internal operations and become […]
Presentation: Leveraging an Implementation for Process Improvement
Back in May, I gave a talk at the TeamDynamix user conference. TeamDynamix provides project management and IT service management solutions for higher ed. I created a short movie of the 5 minute presentation. I’d like to thank Aaron Crane and Kris Kennedy (TeamDynamix) for encouraging me to speak. I’d also like to thank Sharon, […]
Remembering the Context of the Original Decision
I was talking with a colleague of mine about a communications system we put in place for compliance training. You know Wendy, the lesson here is that we shouldn’t be half- assing these projects. We should do this right the first time. I mean, we have this Talent Management thing that could take care of […]
Guerrilla Change Management
Sitting by the pool in Orlando with Brian Dusablon during Ecosystem 2014, he turned to me and said Wendy – you should write about Guerrilla Change Management! I have in the past. But it has been awhile (like 2007 awhile….) And I was hearing a lot of noise at the conference about requiring resources and […]