Agile Uprising Podcast Doing "No" Better with Andy Cleff
Feb 26, 2023
35:26
Do you have a feeling that your team/system/organization is capable of much higher performance than you are currently experiencing?
Could the solution be as simple as learning to do "no" better!?
Listen in as Andy Cleff ponders:
- The Problem With "Yes"
- Consequences of Status Quo
- Decisions vs Relationships
- Working with Trade-Offs
- The "No" Repertoire
And building an action plan backlog for doing no better!
Links to Things Mentioned on the show
- Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow by Dominica DeGrandis
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- Focus is about saying no, Steve Jobs
- Path To Agility for achieving business outcomes and lasting change
- Real Flow: Break the Burnout Cycle and Unlock High Performance in the New World of Work by Brandi Olson
- The Resource Utilization Trap Henrik Kniberg
- Multiple WIP vs One Piece Flow Example Henrik Kniberg
- The Efficiency Paradox Niklas Modig
- There's A Meeting For That Ryan Ripley
- Leadership is Language David Marquet
- Redwork and Blue Work David Marquet
- Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency by Tom DeMarco
- Beyond Budgeting by Bjarte Bogsnes
- How to Avoid Groupthink David Marquet
- A Scientific Guide to Saying "No": How to Avoid Temptation and Distraction by James Clear
- Embracing Dissent
- Dissent Cards
- To Quote Hamlet T-shirt
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