Entries by Julia

The 3D worlds method in the team workshop

What is the 3D Worlds Method? Janek Panneitz’s 3D Worlds Method was developed to create a shared picture of complicated relationships in a playful way. It is particularly suitable for giving structure to shared content in a team or group and for making decisions transparently. The content is noted on rewritable hexagons (mini whiteboards), which […]

Self-organization in agile teams and beyond

Many publications on the subject of agility state that one of the special things about agile teams is their ability (and possibility) to self-organize. This usually sounds as if teams were not self-organizing before “agilization”. But self-organization takes place all the time – in all teams! Self-organizing systems One of our customers asked us to […]

Coaching in modern leadership

According to presentations at relevant conferences and blog articles on the subject, coaching in modern leadership is the number one toolkit. This is entirely appropriate if certain rules and limits are observed. However, the misunderstood and, therefore, incorrect use of coaching tools can lead to a lasting deterioration in the relationship between managers and employees. […]

Lateral leadership – The light side of power

Network-like forms of cooperation are currently emerging in many organizations and associations. Thematically relevant experts are cooperating in projects regardless of their hierarchical affiliation. In these networks, those who know their way around have to say. Leadership concepts based on formal hierarchy quickly reach their limits here. This is reason enough to have a closer […]

Sharing makes you rich – More is not enough!

Sharing courage The last article was about “Sharing makes you rich. And much more.” If I had known back then what this post would achieve, I might have been more careful… What happened? Just two days after writing the blog post, I woke up and knew that I had a clear mission, namely Giving away […]

Sharing makes you rich – And much more

Sharing makes you rich I wanted to write the “Sharing makes you rich” blog post earlier, … today it finally works: I received the following e-mail: Hello Werner, thank you for your information and especially for the open appointment. I can feel how good such an intercompany exchange is for me, and I was able […]

Retrospective (almost) “after” Ralph

In the last guest blog post, I briefly reported on a retrospective that made me think of my first encounter with Ralph and the consequences: “Away with the Ishikawa”. I’ve now been approached by a few people who wanted to know how the retrospective went. So as not to keep you in suspense any longer, […]

Away with the Ishikawa

I was allowed to carry out the retro in one of our development teams. As I only had representation and little time to prepare, I borrowed the example from Ralph and Veronika’s book – and it went really well. At the end of the 55-minute retro, I noticed something that reminded me of my beginnings […]

Celebrating mistakes: Niki-learns-something-ball

Our Niki once enthusiastically wanted to help clear the Christmas tree. She grabbed a big white glittering glass ball and looked at me with a proud expression. “Look, mum… !” At the same moment, the ball landed on the floor and shattered. Niki stared dumbly at the shards and after a few seconds started to […]