Book Titles

Sooner Safer Happier
Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility

By Jonathan Smart

Year Published: 2022
ISBN-13: 978-1950508419
Categories: Agility, Happiness, Safety

168 Quotes Found

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Sooner Safer Happier:

Reducing visible costs nearly always ends up increasing hidden costs due to a reduction in flow efficiency, in a double whammy reduction in value generation.

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…leaders should guide people on a journey from the front, role modeling desired behaviors, exhibiting vulnerability, and learning in the process.

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Use emergence to your advantage to significantly reduce delivery risk, to raise morale by regularly seeing the fruits of your labor add value, and for survival.

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Leadership behavior is a culture amplifier.

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…be the change that you wish to see.The leadership team is team number one. Be a leader rather than a manager or commander.

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In reality there is no such thing as a failed experiment. There is only learning.

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Transformational leadership and a generative culture go hand in hand.

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…what factors lead to high-performing teams[?] The research found that the number on factor is psychological safety.

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Organized human endeavor should not be run as a benevolent dictatorship; rather, leaders should be helping people bring their full selves to work.

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To maximize outcomes, intent-based leadership harnesses everyone’s brains to create the smartest possible group of humans who are able to make the smartest possible decisions.

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