E131 Guiding LPM Strategize Step with Generative Leadership

Dr. Dave A. Cornelius and Yuval Yeret emphasized the importance of generative leadership in fostering trust and collaboration in portfolio management. They discussed the need for adaptive practices, such as experimentation and taking risks, to close the gap between strategy and execution. They also highlighted the importance of clearly understanding the organization's goals and outcomes and fostering an environment of trust and empathy in strategic planning. Finally, they emphasized the importance of collaboration and engaging people in goal-setting to achieve realistic yet inspiring results.

 

Trust, collaboration, and AI adoption in portfolio management.

• Yuval and Dr. Dave discuss the importance of trust and collaboration in portfolio management.
• Generative leaders build trust by integrating the "we trust you to achieve our goals" gap tenet, fostering work ownership, and empowering teams.

 

Agility in various industries, starting with visualizing workflow.

• Yuval recites a Hebrew song by an Israeli group and discusses the lyrics' meaning and cultural significance.
• Yuval helps organizations leverage agility at scale through coaching, training, and advising, focusing on pragmatic interventions and Lean/agile principles.
• Yuval suggests starting with existing work processes rather than strategizing from scratch.

 

Strategic planning, goal setting, and team collaboration.

• Yuval emphasizes the importance of setting explicit outcomes and goals for agile scaling.
• Yuval: Collaborative goal setting, planning integration at the portfolio level.
• Yuval: Magic of pi planning, breakout, and integrating at portfolio level.
• Yuval discusses framing strategy in desired outcomes to enable innovation.

 

Setting goals and measuring outcomes in agile development, focusing on empathy and trust-building.

• Yuval emphasizes the importance of focusing on outcomes and impact in goal-setting.
• Yuval encourages leaders to classify goals and language to ensure alignment with portfolio vision.

Fostering trust and ownership in Agile leadership through transparency and customization.

• Yuval suggests using visualizations and KPIs to connect strategies to daily work.
• Leaders must trust their people and provide the necessary information for decision-making.
• Yuval argues for customizable agility solutions to ensure user buy-in.

 

Strategizing for LPM adoption using OKRs and Agile practices.

• Leader recommends using OKRs to improve continuous improvement, align strategies, and measure impact.
• Yuval suggests using a Kanban system to manage OKRs and improve strategizing.
• Dr. Dave and Yuval discuss the importance of adaptive practices in leadership.
• Yuval shares his experience with gap leadership and experimentation.