When I enter a room to facilitate a two hour workshop, eyebrows are raised. I look like my old aunt that packed for a weekend to visit relatives. Two large suitcases full of clothing. Just in case. You never know what the weather might turn out to be. Or if we decide to go to …
I am fascinated by temporary social systems. People in groups. In clusters. Small groups. Large groups. Global groups. Virtual groups. But only groups that last for a short amount of time. Like projects. I am hooked on resilience in social systems. How do groups cope with disturbances while remaining their function? I choose to focus …
Some projects are interventions in a larger organization. After your project is finished things have changed. You altered structures, processes and people’s lives inside the host organization. When I talk about projects here at Project Shrink I am talking about “projects as interventions”. So. Your project is a temporary structure within the host organization. This …
When intervening your team, you are changing their behavior. By asking them over and over again how they are doing against the plan, you are changing their responses. Even some well intended interventions can make things worse: “Seagull coaching (dive in, dump on people and dash off), the most common form of coaching, just makes …