This is the fifth of a six-part series that examines and explores how we might be able to use our personal and professional values the shape the future. In today’s blog we will explore RESPECT. 
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Requisite Agility applied in Project Management
| Requisite Agility applied in Project Management This blog provides an overview of how Requisite Agility can be applied to Project Management. In the age, of the convergence of AI, IoT, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Robotics and AGV’s, as the pace of change and disruptions accelerates, requires us to be more open to the unknown and therefore to be more nimble, flexible and adaptive than ever before. Project Managers have always been concerned with ensuring deliveries based on quality specifications, on time, within budget. In our new realities, requirements change in real-time. Our deliveries on time to forecast is meaningless if the competitors are faster. A budget only matters if the organization is synchronized in real-time changes with the markets and communities it serves. In the Origin of Species, the biologist Charles Darwin described evolution as the “survival of the fittest”. The fittest did not mean the species with the most resources and health. The fittest species were the ones who were most resourceful and adaptive in the face of changes in their context and environment. We need to distinguishing Agility and Agile. Agile is a specific set of tools and practices developed for small, stable, software teams using semi-autonomous teams, visual metrics and rapid iterations and release of usable code. Agility is the ability to think and act quickly and flexibly. It is a characteristic that exists in every living thing in the universe. Agility as a characteristic by itself is not enough. For example, a professional boxer can have amazing agility in the gym. Lightning-fast hand speed, head, foot and body movement and an open adaptive mind. But he, she or they will lose when he is in the ring with someone who has greater agility. Agility by itself is not enough. We need is Requisite Agility. Requisite means what is required or necessary in any given situation. In our boxing example, requisite is measured by the agility of the opponent. A new mindset is required in complex ecosystems and competitive environments. Requisite agility is the capacity to make fast and flexible changes in relation to required context and conditions. The best example of requisite agility is our heart. It is constantly sensing and adapting in relation to changing circumstances. If it did not make these requisite adjustments, we would die.
There are at least five ways Requisite Agility (RA) can be applied to project management.
Requisite Agility enables organizations to deliver performance outcomes even higher than those who are only focused on agility, alone. |
HONESTY
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In today’s blog we will explore HONESTY. Please share what are your perspectives on honesty. How do you apply it to lead and create the future. The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct describes honesty as follows: https://www.pmi.org/about/ethics/code Take a blank page and write out in your own words what HONESTY means to you? Write out why it is important. Reflect on how the power of honesty can be used as a tool to shape your journey through the new realities of our post-covid-19 world. Honesty is more than not telling lies, it is doing what is moral and just. Being honest means having integrity, a moral compass, being trustworthy, not spreading rumors, not saying one thing behind people’s backs and then being different in front of them. Honesty is not telling people what we think they want to hear so that they will like us and provide us with favors and opportunities. This is a passive form of dishonesty. Honesty means being who we say we are, saying what we will do and doing what we said, it means following through on our commitments. Honesty means being open to both positive and negative feedback. It is surprising how many people do not know how to take compliments or hearing positive things about themselves. And equally how many people only hear what they want to hear, filtering out things that are negative or uncomfortable.
The future is wide open, waiting for us to create it. What do you want to do with it? How are you going to use your HONESTY to create the future of your family, your work and your relationship with yourself? There are many things that we cannot choose in life, but our most important choices of all, who we are, how we show up, what we stand for and how we create the future through our values – these choices are in our complete control. Please share in your comments your thoughts on the importance of values, so we can all learn from each other. How are you going to use HONESTY to create the future through the chaos and turbulence of your new realities?
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RESPECT
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Please share what are your perspectives on fairness. How do you apply it to lead and create the future. The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct describes respect as follows: https://www.pmi.org/about/ethics/code Respect means accepting ourselves for who we are. Respectful leadership means treating everyone, regardless of rank, status or position – with the same genuine regard and consideration, you would like them to give you. Respect creates a culture of trust and openness. It encourages people to speak their minds and share hard truths in ways that are maintains the dignity and honor. We cultivate respect in the culture by expressing a genuine interest in others, providing recognition and positive feedback, noticing when people do great things, being open and transparent about what is going on, taking others concerns seriously, and ensuring that when people feel wronged, that action is taken to remedy the concerns. How respectful are you?
When people say values cannot be measured, they have not been asked these hard questions. The future is wide open, waiting for us to create it. How do you want to create it? How are you going to use RESPECT to create the future of your family, your work and your relationship with yourself? There are many things that we cannot choose in life, but our most important choices of all, who we are, how we show up, what we stand for and how we create the future through our values – these choices are in our complete control. Please share in your comments your thoughts on the importance of values, so we can all learn from each other. How are you going to use RESPECT to create the future through the chaos and turbulence of your new realities? |
FAIRNESS
| FAIRNESS This is the fourth of a six-part series that examines and explores how we might be able to use our personal and professional values the shape the future. In today’s blog we will explore FAIRNESS. Please share what are your perspectives on fairness. How do you apply it to lead and create the future. The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct describes responsibility as follows: https://www.pmi.org/about/ethics/code Take a minute to write out in your own words what FAIRNESS means to you and how it can be used as a precision tool to shape your future through the new realities of a post-covid-19 world.. In the midst of a crisis, fear of the unknown often provokes people to blame others and lash out at people who look and sound different. Diversity and inclusion is much more than a legal remedy to social imbalances and bias. In nature the more diversity there is in an ecosystem the more resilient and healthier the system is as a whole. Fairness begins with being objective about what we do right and wrong. Fairness is not the same as equality. Equality means giving everyone the same rights and opportunities, regardless of circumstances. Fairness means giving everyone what they deserve. Fairness is about being balanced, impartial and unbiased. It is about what is right and reasonable in the way we treat ourselves and each other. Fairness arises when we are dealing with differences, how others are treated and how we interpret our own freedom Some people do not treat themselves fairly. They are overly self-critical, struggle with compliments and take their own good nature or granted. When this happens, they struggle with setting boundaries, do not always know where to say “No” and how to stand in their own power. The primary step is to uncover our own “unconscious bias”. This requires us to slow down and step back, reflect on our own thinking, decisions and actions. It is also important to seek feedback from people around us, both those we trust but also the ones who we do not have a good relationship, as they may be more willing to challenge us. How fair are you?
Think for a minute about how you feel when others have been unfair and treated you in an unconsidered way. This is how others feel when you are unfair with them. It is important to feel what fairness is in your stomach and your skin, and why it is important. When people say values cannot be measured, they have not asked these hard questions of themselves. The future is wide open, waiting for us to create it. We can follow others, or we can be leaders, we can inspire others to lead. How are you going to use your FAIRNESS to create the future of your family, your work and your relationship with yourself? There are many things that we cannot choose in life, but our most important choices of all, who we are, how we show up, what we stand for and how we create the future through our values – these choices are in our complete control. Please share in your comments your thoughts on the importance of values, so we can all learn from each other. How are you going to use FAIRNESS to create the future through the chaos and turbulence of your new realities?
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RESPONSIBILITY
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This is part of a six-part series that examines and explores how we might be able to use our personal and professional values the shape the future. In today’s blog we will explore RESPONSIBILITY. Please read this and share what are your perspectives on responsibility and how you use it to manage work, lead change and create the future. The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct describes responsibility as follows: https://www.pmi.org/about/ethics/code As we move into a post-COVID-19 world, being responsible for creating our future has become more critical now than ever. Response-ability is our ability to respond and fulfill our accountability. Our reaction arises out of a nervous instinct. A reaction shoots automatically from our subconscious mind with no filtering or conscious choice. The reaction may trigger unintended consequences. This is why there is no such word as reactionability, as it would be a contradiction. Our response comes from our intuition, it is the result of a conscious choice. When we respond we tap into our wisdom, we apply a chosen discipline. The choices we make may be intuitive, and subconscious as driving or riding a bicycle, but they are measured in terms of their impact on our lives and others. The distinction between reacting and responding becomes particularly important in a time of stress and crisis because when there is danger, we are more likely to say or do something that is going to harm ourselves or others. Our ability to respond is a discipline. The self-determination we apply is dependent on our maturity. This is why Disciplined Agile is the foundation of requisite agility. It is not agility for the sake of agility but a conscious response to changes that are occurring in the environment and in business. How response-able are you?
Take a minute about how you felt when others irresponsibility has affected you and your work. When people say values cannot be measured, they have not asked these hard questions of themselves. It is important to feel what responsibility means is in your stomach and your skin, and why it is important. The future is wide open, waiting for us to create it. What do you want to do with it? How are you going to use your RESPONSE-ABILITY to create the future of your family, your work and your relationship with yourself? How are you creating a context that allows not only you but those who you live with and work with to grow towards response-ability? There are many things that we cannot choose in life, but our most important choices of all, who we are, how we show up, what we stand for and how we create the future through our values – these choices are in our complete control. Please share in your comments your thoughts on the importance of values, so we can all learn from each other. How are you going to use RESPONSIBILITY to create the future through the chaos and turbulence of your new realities?
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