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To build the perfect sprint team, first you’re going to need a Danny Ocean: someone with authority to make decisions. That person is the Decider, a role so important we went ahead and capitalized it. The Decider is the official decision-maker for the project.
Jake Knapp • Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Coordination Headwind - How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds
komoroske.comThe Decider must be involved in the sprint. If you, dear reader, are the Decider, clear your schedule and get in the room. If you’re not, you must convince the Decider to join.
Jake Knapp • Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
amazon.com
Among Kelly Johnson’s strengths was a sure grasp of what mattered to his people and what didn’t. Most of them were engineers and tinkerers who hated paperwork, which he cut to an absolute minimum.
Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
If leaders don’t articulate their priorities clearly, then the people around them don’t know what their own priorities should be. Time and energy and capital get wasted.
Robert Iger • The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years a…
The essential responsibilities of a leader/company exec, via DHH:
1. Chart the course
Where are we going? What are we building? Who is it for? Any executive running anything has to know the answer to these questions in order to lead anyone anywhere. If you don't have a clue where you're going, any road can take you there, and running in circles
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