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Why Product Thinking Deserves a Place in the Operating Model
Over the past months I’ve refined the Value Visionary Operating Model and recently added a new supporting concept: Product Thinking . Not as another building block, but as a lens that influences how the entire organisation works together. Why I added it Most agile frameworks focus on the development and delivery side of an organisation. They do that well, Scrum, SAFe, and similar models bring structure, focus, and rhythm to teams that build and deliver value. But an operati

Raymond Althof
Oct 21, 20252 min read


AI and the Operating Model: Designing the Organisation of the Future
AI is not just another technology trend, it redefines how organisations function as systems. While most conversations focus on impressive...

Raymond Althof
Aug 28, 20255 min read


Who Owns the Operating Model? And Who Guards It?
“Every organisation has an operating model. The question is: is it designed – or has it just happened?” An operating model describes how...

Raymond Althof
Aug 18, 20253 min read


Agile leadership in a remote work era
Recently, I was reminded that we kicked off a large transformation program to transition a traditional IT organisation into an awesome...

Raymond Althof
Mar 6, 20245 min read


Creating a resilient organization by embracing failure and mistakes
How do you stay so calm in the midst of a storm? I was asked that question recently during a heartfelt conversation with a person I had...

Lobke Riedijk
Jan 30, 20243 min read


Ignoring Feedback vs Agile Leadership
In the previous post about " What is Agile Leadership " I mentioned the following anti-patterns for a good Agile leader: Command and...

Raymond Althof
Jan 23, 20244 min read


Command and Control Mentality vs Agile Leadership
In the post about " What is Agile Leadership " I mentioned the following anti-patterns for a good Agile leader: Command and Control...

Raymond Althof
Jan 10, 20244 min read


What is Agile Leadership?
A term often used in Agile transformations but what does it really mean and what is considered good Agile Leadership and what are...

Raymond Althof
Dec 5, 20233 min read


Traffic light or roundabout: How do organizations approach bottlenecks?
Did you ever drive through a red light? The other day I was waiting at a traffic light, and as it turned green I started driving....

Lobke Riedijk
Nov 3, 20233 min read


Inclusivity to the max vs Transformation
Management in an Agile Organisation The last 10 years of my career I have been involved in the Agile transformation of a large and very...

Raymond Althof
Oct 21, 20232 min read


Network versus hierarchy
Management in an Agile Organisation The last 10 years of my career I have been involved in the Agile transformation of a large and very...

Raymond Althof
Oct 21, 20232 min read


Management has to change as well
Management in an Agile Organisation The last 10 years of my career I have been involved in the Agile transformation of a large and very...

Raymond Althof
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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