Most productivity advice encourages us to eliminate spare capacity.
We fill gaps in the diary, batch similar tasks and streamline recurring work. We try to make every part of the system earn its place.
This can certainly make us more efficient. But it can also make us less able to respond when circumstances change.
Continue reading Why a little apparent inefficiency can make you more adaptableAgile has a funny reputation.
On a good day, it’s the way a team stays calm and effective in the middle of change. On a bad day, it’s treated like a system for making change stop happening.
And that’s where things go wrong.
Agile works with uncertainty; when we try to control it out of existence, we end up with certainty theatre and slower delivery.
Continue reading Agile doesn’t eliminate uncertainty. It manages it
