Bøger af Jim Benson

Business runs on decisions.Business relies on estimates, plans, and projections - and we all know how accurate they tend to be. Careers are made, careers are broken based on perceived accuracy in estimation and planning.But what if the successes and failures of these projects were not based on the prowess of those making the plans? What if successes and failures were instead the result of a more complex set of events?What if our own cognitive biases - our own brains - were creating our inaccuracies, our poor assumptions, and our unreasonable expectations?Why Plans Fail directly addresses our ability to plan, to forecast, and to make decisions. Written by Jim Benson, author of the Shingo Research Award-winning Personal Kanban, urban planner, software developer, and business owner who has planned and built everything from small software projects, to houses, to urban freeway systems, Why Plans Fail is told by someone with much skin in the estimation and planning game. This short work is the first in the Modus Cooperandi MemeMachine series - which looks specifically at underlying issues that directly impact the success of teams, companies, and individuals. The Mememachine series is meant to start conversations and advance discussion.

The organizations we work for destroy confidenceWe starve professionals of information, direction, psychological safety, and purpose by isolating workers in cubicles, teams into silos, and decisions into oblivion. Individuals drift and become alienated, waiting for direction that never comes. This way of working...is not working.When individuals work in teams, they create valueThe Collaboration Equation helps individuals be professionals, teams take pride in their work, and companies become more resilient. This guide enables you to build visual systems where people can see their work and create cultures with the "Right Environment" so they can mind their system.Stop languishing in costly mediocrityPractical collaborative work creates its own rewards, its own psychological safety, its own agency, and its own quality control. It abhors defects, hidden issues, and poor communication and has the guts to work for real success.The Collaboration Equation is a dynamic approach that draws from a lifetime of building collaborative systems to help readers create cultures where individuals know what success looks like, talk about it regularly, and achieve common goals.Scroll Up And Grab Your Copy Today!

Personal Kanban transformed how we think about our own personal productivity.Why Limit Your WIP will transform how organizations and teams think about and manage their work. The tale in this book will hurt, because you'll have undoubtedly lived with the consequences of people being stretchedtoo thin, work constantly blocked or in queue, projects chronically late, and people getting burned out... Gene Kim author of The Phoenix Project from the ForewordWe are distracted.We are overburdened.We are unfocused.Our work suffers for this. Our companies suffer for this.We snatch failure from the jaws of success.Limiting WIP is the breakthrough strategy forstarting less and completing more. Written by Jim Benson, author of the Shingo Research Award winning Personal Kanban, urban planner, software developer, and businessowner who has planned and built everything from small software projects, to houses, to urban freeway systems, Why Limit WP is told by someone who has watched many projects be born, run into problems, and ultimately fail due to overburden.This short work is the third in the Modus Cooperandi MemeMachine series-which looks specifically at underlying issues that directly impact the success of teams, companies, and individuals. The MemeMachine series is meant to start conversations and advance discussion.