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Do You Qualify?

I recently examined and tuned up our qualification process, big words that mean we have some standards by which we decide whether to venture into an extended engagement with a client. Context is important, so this checklist is specifically for a Responsibility Redefined culture-building project in an IT department. Here's what I put in writing […]

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Visiting Sweden August 2007

We just arranged a private Knowledge Team Leadership seminar in Stockholm for August 6-10 time frame and could be available the week before (July 30-August 3) for other presentations in Europe. We'll be contacting colleagues in Europe who have asked to know when I come that way, but we may not get them all, so […]

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Modern Plastics Recognizes Power of Responsibility Redefined

The March 2007 issue of Modern Plastics magazine recognizes Partnerwerks client ATEK Plastics for their amazing four-year turn-around story in which Responsibility Redefined played a role in re-building the culture and focusing both leadership and plant employees on a powerful language for ccontinuous improvement. Responsibility Redefined leveraged ATEK's efforts in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, internal […]

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Collaborative Leadership Basics, Part 8: Keys for Creating Designer Norms in Teams

Originally published by the Cutter Consortium Agile Email Advisor. Used with permission.
by Christopher M. Avery, Senior Consultant, Cutter Consortium
More in this seriesCollaborative Leadership Basics:Part 1: Why Is Collaborative Leadership Required for Agile Environments?Part 2: Develop Personal Responsibility for Team ProductivityPart 3: Get in the Same Boat TogetherPart 4: Keys to the Boat — Generating Positive […]

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Shared Space supports collaboration for innovation

Fellow Cutter consultant Jeroen van Tyn from writes:
Christopher, I'm writing a Cutter Benchmark Review on IT Trends, and one of the trends relates to innovation.  I remember a conversation we had at the Cutter Summit earlier this year, and I wanted to reference something you shared with me.
You made a statement […]

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