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Employment recruiters come in all colours and stripes. I share my experiences and perspectives on some recruiters I've encountered as well as my thoughts on HireRight, the background-checking service. What experiences can you share?

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Ref: http://barcvox.com/2021/05/24/employment-recruiters/

Does your organisation innovate? In this abbreviated segment I share my perspective on organisational innovation—from true innovation, which may not be as desirable as you might first assume to Luddites, who refuse to innovate, and in between, which is where you should probably be. 

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Ref: http://barcvox.com/2021/05/24/innovation-station/

Minimum Viable Product is the Agile way to deliver product, but not everybody agrees, and one size does not necessarily fit all. 

In this segment, I respond to the detractors. Come join me, and let me know how you feel and what you think. Shakespeare would be proud.

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Ref: http://barcvox.com/2021/05/20/mvp-or-not-mvp/

What makes a Minimum Viable Product minimally viable? 

In this abbreviated segment I share my perspective on MVPs and how they differ from POCs.

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Ref: http://barcvox.com/2021/05/19/minimum-viable-product/

Change management is difficult, and the difficulty increases proportionally with scale and complexity. In the segment I share my perspective on this in regard to the Lippitt-Knoster Model. Come listen. You'll be glad you did. 

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http://barcvox.com/2021/05/15/complex-change/

Is your organisation focused on measuring outcomes or output? Don't ignore output, but the priority should be measurable outcomes. In this segment, I share my perspective on this.

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http://barcvox.com/2021/05/14/outcomes-output/

Agile is not scalable. Full stop. In this segment I illustrate this by referencing group intercommunication and organisational design theories. 

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Ref: http://barcvox.com/2021/05/07/agile-scale/

Agile user stories may be improved by following the INVEST method. SMART goals become objectives. 

In this segment I review INVEST and SMART. 

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Ref: http://barcvox.com/2021/05/06/smart-user-story/

Business and organisation transformation requires system thinking, yet this approach seems to fall short in execution. 

In the segment I share my perspective and experience as well as metaphors involving bikes, something I haven't ridden since I was 10, so let's take this path together. 

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Ref: http://barcvox.com/2021/04/28/thinking-system-thinking/

In this segment, I share an experience with the sunk cost fallacy. A also share a story about personal worth and wage premiums. 

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Ref: http://barcvox.com/2021/04/27/personal-value/