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spread the word about the innovation far and wide.

Structure the organization by using real teams as the basic organizational building block. Each team is (1) self-managing, (2) cross-functional, (3) co-located, and (4) long-lived.

This is a good place to introduce the idea of using an engineering model approach to software development as opposed to the contractor model. First consider the typical contractor model. Under this model, whether used by employees or actual contractors, developers must be given accurate tasks to work on, and they must not fail in even small ways. T

Prefer adopting LeSS in one product group1 really well over applying LeSS in many groups poorly.

In order to share learnings across value streams and across the small CoEs, the addition of voluntary, open invite Communities of Practice (CoPs) is incredibly useful and powerful. Here, the Law of Mobility applies: attendance is voluntary. They are Darwinian in that they are not artificially kept alive. They are run as a regular meetup to help sha

Create an organizational system whose foundation is managers-as-teachers who apply and teach lean thinking, manage to improve, promote stop-and-fix, and who practice Go See. Add the two pillars of respect for people and continuous challenge-the-status-quo improvement mindset.