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Back in late November 2009, I was conducting a group coaching session and the topic was how to keep staff motivated when, because the economy was so bad, the participants were unable to provide an elaborate party, gifts, or bonuses by end of year.
August 21, 2012 | Authored By: Laura Schildkraut
The authors offer their own Agile Teamwork Effectiveness Model via five teamwork components (shared leadership, peer feedback, redundancy, adaptability, and team orientation) along with three coordinating mechanisms (shared mental models, mutual trust, and communication). They describe the three main ways their model can be useful. First, colocated teams can better understand how their team works by reflecting on how well they meet each factor in the model and by using behavioral markers to identify ways to improve. Second, it helps distributed teams, multi-teams, and teams doing safety-critical development to evaluate themselves and make improvement. Third, it’s a way for Agile teams not doing software development to better manage themselves, provided they’re doing knowledge-intensive work.
March 18, 2022 | Authored By: Torgeir Dingsøyr, Diane Strode, Yngve Lindsjørn
Rafael Sardá examines the potential of offshore wind farms and the challenges of balancing climate change mitigation with biodiversity protection goals. Significant advances in technology and expanded government support have led to increased development of offshore wind farms. But Sardá cautions that large-scale renewable energy projects should be planned and implemented with biodiversity considerations embedded, so that one environmental goal is not sacrificed for another. He proposes a way to balance protecting marine areas with promoting nature positive strategies.
April 4, 2023 | Authored By: Rafael Sardá
Athula Ginige and Marie D. Fernando look at the idea of value creation in the digital shift era. In particular, their interest lies in how current Web- and mobile-based applications support what they term the “social computing” model, a new computing paradigm that stands apart from preceding computing paradigms. Their article presents a model for human needs fulfillment, which helps organizations map out their digital value-creation process and reveals the underlying information flow pattern required to secure trust.
March 4, 2020 | Authored By: Athula Ginige, Marie Fernando
Trevor Hunter argues for the importance of leader character and instrumental skills in nonprofit organization (NPO) boards. The article explores distinctive duty-of-care expectations for NPO boards, emphasizing their role in protecting the organization’s mission and the quality of judgment required to navigate nuanced decisions. Hunter asks, “What are the implications for NPO performance if the board is not demonstrating leader character?” Examples illustrate how each of the Ivey Leader Character Framework (ILCF) dimensions can manifest in NPO board behaviors to safeguard the mission.
January 29, 2024 | Authored By: Trevor Hunter
Two Fortune 100 companies are struggling to compete in this fast-paced world. Does this sound familiar? Both companies were lumbering along in blind arrogance when their world changed. Why such blindness? They both held the majority share of their respective markets and were resting on their laurels -- and soon the competition came nipping at their heels. Of course, they continued to lumber. "We know what customers want" was the constant refrain. "Of course, we could be more nimble, but we just can't get IT to deliver."
January 31, 2015 | Authored By: Pollyanna Pixton
In her article, Andi Graham describes how those at her digital marketing agency started working actively with clients, co-planning and co-designing with them. These new behaviors required her staff to expose their doubts and uncertainties to clients. Resistant at first, employees saw the difference in speed and quality of feedback, improved client relations, and higher efficiency. This story shows Agile adoption through small steps with wide-ranging effects.
April 22, 2019 | Authored By: Andi Graham
Cynthia E. Clark focuses on strategies for navigating the climate-related information-disclosure landscape. Clark describes the current status of disclosure regulations in the US and Europe, as well as actions being taken by various stock exchanges. She then delves into strategies for boards of directors, including avoiding greenwashing, staying up to speed on potential regulatory changes, reporting on the risks of transitioning to net zero, and having a dedicated team accountable for ESG reporting to ensure information accuracy.
July 19, 2023 | Authored By: Cynthia Clark
This issue of Amplify features a collection of articles that explore how boards can evolve beyond conventional roles to become active stewards of long-term value — drawing on leader character, data and analytics, behavioral insight, structural design, and strategic engagement.
July 14, 2025 | Authored By: Mirko Benischke
This issue of Amplify features a collection of articles that explore how boards can evolve beyond conventional roles to become active stewards of long-term value — drawing on leader character, data and analytics, behavioral insight, structural design, and strategic engagement.
July 14, 2025 | Authored By: Mirko Benischke
This article describes the transition from a traditional HR world to one that fits the new culture of the Agile organization. Explore the shifts in recruiting, appraisals and reviews, salaries, and career tracks, and the difficulties facing anyone embarking on the Agile path. 
June 25, 2019 | Authored By: Zuzana Sochova
This issue of Amplify features a collection of articles that explore how boards can evolve beyond conventional roles to become active stewards of long-term value — drawing on leader character, data and analytics, behavioral insight, structural design, and strategic engagement.
July 14, 2025 | Authored By: Mirko Benischke
This issue of Amplify features a collection of articles that explore how boards can evolve beyond conventional roles to become active stewards of long-term value — drawing on leader character, data and analytics, behavioral insight, structural design, and strategic engagement.
July 14, 2025 | Authored By: Mirko Benischke
At the tender age of 24, I was nominated by the board of directors of my company to be an officer. If the office they were proposing had been President or Vice President it would have been something to write home about, but it wasn't.
August 11, 1998 | Authored By: Tom DeMarco