Arjen van der Veer

🌟 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗔 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻 🌟 In the dynamic world of leadership, the ability to remain calm is often underestimated. However, 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕞𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕥𝕪; it is a profound strength that can define the effectiveness and influence of a thought leader. Calmness is a powerful characteristic that amplifies the effectiveness of thought leaders. ＩＴ　ＥＮＨＡＮＣＥＳ： 👉 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐, 👉 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 👉 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗-𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐, 👉 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. By cultivating calmness, leaders not only improve their own performance but also inspire and empower those around them. In a world where chaos often reigns, the true strength of a leader lies in their ability to remain calm and lead with clarity and confidence. #Leadership #Calmness #ThoughtLeadership #Inspiration #Resilience

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In this episode of #AgileWay podcast I have a conversation with Edwin Hanegraaf about being a coach and learn how to really listen to people. #agile #businessagility #agileleader #leadership #coaching #listening https://lnkd.in/e5xw4etx

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🔄 Final Takeaways: Advanced Teamflow: Pivoting your agile Transformation training In the final part of our Advanced Teamflow training, we explored a powerful concept to change: the value slicing manoeuvre—a term Patrick Steyaert coined. It’s more than just a product management or requirements technique. It’s about reframing how work is split to unlock new forms of collaboration, especially in complex, incumbent organisations. This approach helps organisations finish more and deliver consistent value, even in the face of complexity. Another key insight we gained was derived from Conway’s Law—how an organisation’s system design mirrors its communication structures. Patrick Steyaert and Arlette Vercammen helped us recognise that phase gates, often seen in large organisations, aren’t just bureaucratic roadblocks. They’re a natural outcome of these structures. Through the training, we learned how to evolve phase gates into integration points, shifting from rigid control to dynamic work organisation, using the principles of “action shapes perception,”. 💡 Takeaways: - Value slicing fosters new collaborative patterns that drive outcomes in complex environments. - Evolving phase gates into integration points requires changing how we perceive governance and work design. 📣 I highly recommend this training to anyone looking to dive into a rich, experience-based learning environment, with simulations and enriching debriefs that offer a deeper understanding of How Transformation Works. It’s a hands-on journey to grasp these concepts and bring them back to your organisation. Kert D. Peterson, CST, AKT Craeg Strong Gero Wedemann Jiten Vara Thomas Hanna Philipp Herrenkind Andrea Altier #Leadership #Agile #TeamFlow #Collaboration #OrganisationalDevelopment #AgileTransformation #Complexity #OrganisationalChange #FocusedImprovement

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Innovation, Improvement (😼 and ☕) As an innovation coach and workshop facilitator, explaining my job is a bit like herding cats... It's tricky. It's sometimes convoluted. And somebody might get scratched in the end! So, occasionally, I pull out the classic "Innovation vs. Improvement" card: 👉 Innovation isn’t just whipping up new ideas; it’s giving the world a fresh look. Think "redecorating the whole place but without the moving boxes" 👉 Meanwhile, improvement is more of a friendly tune-up: It takes what’s there and makes it work better, like that new coffee machine in the break room where you used to work... in person... so, so, so long ago! Understanding this helps because organizations can then come to me when they’re ready for a big change—the kind that requires fresh perspectives and strategic thinking. So, what do I do? 👍 I help social enterprises and non-profit organizations innovate and tackle the "big" stuff. And what don’t I do? 👎 Hang around to help them tweak and polish the little stuff. Not that I don’t like shiny things... or new coffee machines. If this resonates, let's dive in and shake things up together. I won't scratch... unless provoked! #innovation

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Digital transformations are not easy. The failure rate is too high. But for having a successful delivery and reinforcement, people management should be a key part of all transformation initiatives. Such a simple but strong illustration by Prosci

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💻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝗗𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 💻 ⏳ Are you wasting precious hours writing code that might never be used? Stuck over-designing features for the future? Most developers lose countless hours this way. 🚫 Stop over-complicating. Focus on what’s most effective right now. But how do you know what that task is? 💡 Focus on the highest-impact action. In theory, it sounds simple. But in the real world, our perception gets muddied by future problems we think might matter one day. 🔑 The key? Solve the problem right in front of you. It’s easy to get distracted by later work or potential technical debt, but that’s a trap. ⚡ Your brain naturally gravitates toward easier tasks—it’s comfortable. But if you leave the door open to solving 10 minor problems, you lose focus on the most important, often uncomfortable obstacle. You know the one. That task you’ve been putting off? That’s the one you need to tackle. 💪 Most of the time, the next step is clear. What’s difficult is the discipline to execute it. Fear of the unknown can cloud your decision-making, but action is the cure for fear. ❓ So, ask yourself: What task, if completed, will push this project forward the most? Everything else can wait.

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A simple yet powerful truth. Innovation must align with strategy. True alignment is so much more than that: It's about... → Integrating innovation into the core business goals → Ensuring every innovation effort supports the company's vision → Balancing short-term gains with long-term objectives → Involving cross-functional teams for diverse insights It's about the deliberate actions you take to merge innovation with strategy. These actions define successful innovation management. And they ensure that innovation drives business growth. The best companies understand this. Peter Drucker says it best: Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. Image Credit: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧? 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭? As a founder in a fast changing space like data and AI I can become easy to often focus on the negative. I am guilty of this! But what if we focus on possibilities and successes? What if everything you’re working on right now is driving you exactly where you want to be, or even better? To succeed and stay focused, I find that these steps are crucial: ✔️ 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Believe in the goals you’ve set. A clear vision combined with a positive mindset drives innovation and success. ✔️ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭: Challenges will arise, but how you handle them determines your trajectory. Stay focused on the end goal, and address hurdles along the way. ✔️ 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦: Encourage your team to think big and stay positive. The future belongs to those who believe in their vision. 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭...  𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫? When was the last time you embraced an optimistic approach? How do you make sure you're constantly evolving? #GrowthMindset #Innovation #Leadership #GenAI #AI #Data #SuccessMindset ¦ Onyx Data 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰: 𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘚𝘊𝘐𝘖𝘜𝘚 𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘚

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Organisational change, especially 𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑙𝑒 nowadays, is often seen as process improvement and/or more meetings to discuss nothing valuable. Back in the Netherlands, I was running a transformation at a large telecom company. About twenty teams were going through a big agile transformation, and I was there to guide it all. I was warned that one of the teams was 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒: they were hard to deal with, negative, and reactive. Their response towards me: Agile was stupid, annoying, unnecessary, and definitely not needed to have a coach telling them how to do their work. I started by just chatting with the team. Hearing how they saw reality and listening to their day-to-day struggles. After a few of these chats, I got them on board to experiment with some structured processes to give them more insights into what they were doing daily. No full-blown transformation, just clarity and transparency. With that, their behaviour and communication started to change. One day, one of the team members asked me for a coffee. He opened up that he had been diagnosed with ADHD and had been struggling with work for a long time (years). He took his work home and, therefore, also his frustration and worries. The structure I helped the team to create made a world of difference for him. He knew what to do today, tomorrow, and at the end of the week; therefore, he could 'forget' his work when he went home. Enjoying spending time with his partner and not being stressed and worried about work. We sometimes don't see the value that interaction and structure can do for someone. Those results aren't directly shown on '𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠', market shares, or 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬. They can end up changing someone for the better. A better version of me = a better employee for you. #agile #transformation #change #organisationalchange #behaviour #people #hr #peopleandculture #stopfocussingonprocesses

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If you are considering submitting a proposal to a conference, read this to invite the program committee and the eventual audience to your session. Also, please consider reading my book: https://lnkd.in/gY_xx_qu (That page also has a link to a self-study workshop.)

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Master Classes in Systemic Designing https://lnkd.in/g_gwYCtV It’s Time for a pivot in how we approach securing improvements in the human condition These Systemic Design Master Classes offer a general overview of one thread of inquiry that is used in the development of a supportive foundation for stances and approaches to systemic designing. Familiarity with this thread is intended to be the inception point for future shared exchanges with others who are learning and applying systemic design approaches.  These inquiries are meant to further develop fundamental skills and perspectives acquired — not through argumentation and debate — but rather through conversations and dialogues. These Inquires are guided in part by the values and beliefs made visible in the prospectus for a proposed Systemic Design ‘Flight’ School: https://lnkd.in/g55zM2gE This prospectus is inclusive — not exclusive — of the postulates, assertions, and beliefs underling systemic design.  The prospectus is exemplary of the direction of new thinking taken from within a new culture of inquiry — systemic design.

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The Strategy Pyramid

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Are you struggling with the complexity of managing your company's product portfolio effectively? Want to discover the role of Product Portfolio Management in Integrated Value Planning, or S&OP 2.0? Join Nick Verstraete and me for the Webinar: Portfolio Power Play: Cut Costs, Maximize Gains on May 23 at 4:00 PM CEST: https://hubs.la/Q02wjVKN0 #webinar #productportolio

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'How much value are your customers getting from your products/services?' It's a great question and one which Felix Eggers, Marco Vriens, Rogier Verhulst, Jason S. Talwar, and Avinash Collis [on HBR] suggest could be answered by asking your customer: 'How much money they’d need to be given to give up your product for a period of time.' Not sure it would work with lawyers charging north of $1,000 per hour, but food for thought... https://loom.ly/LF8QqUY #psf #psfbd #NPS #CX #customerfeedback #readfirstlegal

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Check out this testimonial from Carlos Blain ! I want everyone to feel exactly how Carlos felt after the entire Strategic Mapping Model ™ process. He walked away with 'a sense of organization and peace of mind knowing that everything will get done'! If you're: *a busy business leader with millions of tasks and projects on your 'to-do' list! *worried something on your long list of to-do's will fall through the cracks *don't have time to fully develop a great idea that you have DM me and let's talk about how The Strategic Mapping Model ™ will help you create a plan to move your business forward!

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Starting next month I will try something bold. I will publish community editions of the virtual Road 2 Mastery training expeditions for free. I believe the Agile market is in desperate need of hands-on, collaborative competency-based training. I will share one expedition each month. This will include the Miro templates and PDFs. I worked on these for years, continuously improving the quality through lots of practice and the best possible mentoring from Evelien Acun-Roos, so that the training lives up to the golden, world-class standards rooted in (neuro)scientific principles for effective learning. I hope it will empower many of you. Most of what I share builds on the work of other masters. Over the years, I collected great patterns and ideas with proper credit and respect. We are standing on the shoulders of these masters. And with the R2M, others will stand on yours. That said, I am aware there are risks. Improper use can waste even great material. That is why there is a business tier for those who want to apply it diligently and with proper guidance. It will also help sustain my career. Together with the community, I believe we can make R2M the best agile training, coaching, and facilitation suite accessible to all. If you can't wait and would love to explore more, check out www.road2mastery.com

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Everybody sees the world through the lens of their training. Generalists help specialists talk to each other in part by being able to translate between disciplines. The world looks different through different lenses and at different levels of abstraction. For better understanding of complex problems, we need multidisciplinary vision. The liberal arts vision of a balance of depth and breath reduces friction in cross-disciplinary communication. Silos and echo chambers are a result of depth without breadth. I went to schools that emphasized continuing breadth into my 20s. My kids have been pushed to specialize in vocational directions since they were 15. It should come as no surprise that companies have to teach their employees how to be well-rounded humans in order to communicate between departments and functions if schools aren’t preparing kids for cross-disciplinary thinking.

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