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Adam Mattis
Apr 294 min read
The Cost of Free: Why Consultants Should Think Twice About Discounting Consulting Services
Discounting your consulting services may seem like a quick fix, but it can lead to long-term consequences. Learn why in this blog post.
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Adam Mattis
Nov 15, 20232 min read
10 Tips for a Successful Annual Operating Plan
Creating an effective annual operational plan is a critical step for any organization looking to achieve its goals. It's a strategic...
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Adam Mattis
Nov 5, 20233 min read
Accelerating Innovation: The Strategic Advantage of Design Iterations for Rapid Prototyping
Forward: In 2019, I launched a venture called "Valor Cycles" with the goal of creating 3D-printed carbon fiber road bicycles at scale. To...
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Adam Mattis
Oct 17, 20232 min read
Personal Growth: The Unspoken Catalyst for Organizational Change
Change is the only constant, especially in the world of business. Bring your people along, and changing will be much easier.
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Adam Mattis
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Ugly, ugly, MVPs.
In 2018 I started a company focused on 3D printing carbon fiber road racing bicycles. My goal was to produce the first 3D-printed bike to...
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Adam Mattis
Jan 27, 20228 min read
Don’t build 💩. A philosophical review of the Speedland SL:PDX.
The Ford Pinto was a vehicle born of crisis. A combination of tighter emissions standards, a fuel shortage, and the rise of inexpensive...
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Adam Mattis
Jun 22, 20217 min read
Why SAFe Hurts.
SAFe can hurt – but not as bad as a moto crash. : ) Why do some people find SAFe to be helpful in empowering teams while others find...
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Adam Mattis
Jun 8, 20216 min read
Winning the customer with Experience Architecture
The airlines, like Delta, have long understood the power of a curated customer experience to assure loyalty. As the post-digital economy...
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Adam Mattis
Apr 26, 20216 min read
DevOps’ing DevOps
How We Used DevOps to Rework Our DevOps Course There’s no faster way to kill a conversation among a non-technical crowd than to begin...
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Adam Mattis
Apr 7, 20217 min read
SAFe and Business Architecture
SAFe and Business Architecture. As organizations begin their Lean and Agile journey with SAFe®, SPCs will introduce a tool designed to...
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Adam Mattis
Mar 26, 20218 min read
The challenge of economic prioritization with WSJF
The challenge of economic prioritization with WSJF. On the surface, the foundations of job sequencing in considering the Weighted...
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Adam Mattis
Mar 3, 20217 min read
10 Tips for Value Stream Identification
Also posted on the Scaled Agile blog HERE. When deciding where to launch an Agile Release Train (ART), it can be tempting to look within...
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Adam Mattis
Feb 10, 20215 min read
Avoid change saturation to land change well.
This is the second post in my short series on landing change well. Read the first post here. Managing change is as much of an art as it...
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Adam Mattis
Dec 15, 20202 min read
What I read in 2020.
At risk of sounding like everyone else who is reflecting on 2020: what a year. There have been some amazing things to come out of what...
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Adam Mattis
Nov 20, 20206 min read
Traits of the Stoic Agilist
Hollywood has a way of portraying philosophers as pretentious finders of fault. (Emily in Paris, I love you, but you are guilty of this.)...
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Adam Mattis
Oct 27, 20201 min read
People Agility: Delighting the team so the team can delight our customers.
We’re moving forward! Finally, after several years of roadblocks and stalls, my book is full-steam ahead. What is it about? People...
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Adam Mattis
Oct 26, 20206 min read
A Framework, Not a Prescription
Also published on the Scaled Agile blog HERE. Now that SAFe® 5.0 is live, I wanted to take a minute to reset the baseline on what...
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Adam Mattis
Oct 26, 20203 min read
What is SAFe?: 8 Facts about the Scaled Agile Framework that you should know.
If you’ve spent much time working in enterprise environments, you might have heard about the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). And if...
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Adam Mattis
Oct 7, 20205 min read
The Consequence of Toxic Leadership
The Consequence of Toxic Leadership. During the years I have spent working as a Management Consultant most of my time has been spent...
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