Tag: Purpose
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The Future of Work Is Evolutionary, Not Extractive
For too long, work has been shaped by extractive models that prioritize short-term gains, exploit human potential, and leave people burned out, disengaged, or disposable. The signs are everywhere: mass layoffs as cost-cutting tools, relentless back-to-office mandates, the rollback of DEI initiatives, and leadership cultures that treat people as expendable resources rather than valued contributors.…
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Resolutions for Resilience: Exploring Self-Management in 2025
As the new year approaches, it’s tradition to reflect on the past twelve months and set resolutions for the year ahead. These resolutions often focus on our personal growth—getting healthier, saving more, learning something new. But what if we extended this practice to our organizations? What kinds of resolutions could our teams and workplaces make…
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Making the Leap: How to Prepare Your Organization for Self-Management
The idea of self-management can feel both inspiring and intimidating. It promises greater autonomy, shared accountability, and a workplace where trust, transparency, and collaboration replace rigid hierarchies. But how do you get there? If you’re contemplating this transformation in 2025, you’re not alone. Organizations across industries are realizing that traditional power structures often stifle creativity…
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Reflecting on Organizational Purpose: Is It Guiding Your Growth?
As the calendar inches closer to its final pages, it’s natural for organizations to shift into reflection mode. Leaders take stock of the year’s successes and challenges, employees look back on what worked and what didn’t, and teams gather to plan for the road ahead. In purpose-driven organizations, this season of reflection is an opportunity…
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The Power of Positive Framing
For many of us, there’s a heavy sense of uncertainty hanging in the air right now. Challenges—big and small—seem to pile up, leaving us feeling unsteady. In moments like these, it’s tempting to focus on what’s going wrong or on everything that feels out of our control. This mindset isn’t just personal; it often seeps…
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Embedding Sustainability in Agile Teams for a Greener Future
We’ve all seen the headlines: companies buying carbon credits while continuing environmentally harmful practices or launching marketing campaigns that overstate the positive impact of their sustainability initiatives. This isn’t the kind of change that will significantly slow the climate crisis, nor is it the kind that will motivate a team to feel proud of their…
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Creating Impactful Products and Services
What makes a product impactful? It’s a question that stretches beyond the basics of market research and profit margins. When I talk about impactful products and services, I’m talking about creations that resonate with people, solve real problems, and align deeply with a purpose that goes beyond the balance sheet. Impactful products don’t just happen…
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A Startup Scaling Crossroad: Self-Management vs. Hierarchy
Startups are exciting, fast-paced environments where people wear multiple hats, collaborate at high speed and work closely together to bring a vision to life. But there’s a pivotal moment—right after launching a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)—when things begin to change. You need to grow, scale, and bring more structure to how work gets done without…
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Celebrating a Decade of Frederic Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations: A Personal Tribute
“As human beings, we are not problems waiting to be solved, but potential waiting to unfold.” – Frederic Laloux This week marks the 10-year anniversary of Frederic Laloux’s groundbreaking book Reinventing Organizations. As I reflect on the impact the book has had on my personal and professional journey, I feel a deep sense of gratitude.…
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Planet as a Stakeholder for Agile Teams
I am excited to announce that I am now offering a powerful new workshop through Transformetic called The Planet as a Stakeholder. This unique initiative, developed by my good friend and fellow Agile coach Marjolein Pilon, takes a sustainability-driven approach to Agile development, inviting teams to integrate environmental consciousness into their workflows and making sustainability…