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From Maximum Busy-Ness to Maximum Learning, with Esther Derby and Johanna Rothman

Synopsis:

This is a discussion of resource efficiency and the practice of extracting maximum labor and alternatives.

Have you noticed that many managers and HR people want to know that everyone is busy all the time? That focus on busy-ness leads to multitasking, confusion, and lower throughput—throughout the entire organization.

Where does this obsession with busyness and the desire to make sure people are always working hard come from? People think it will result in maximum productivity, but in reality, it extracts a great toll.

Instead, we could change from a focus on maximum busy-ness to a focus on maximum learning. That change in focus leads to all kinds of different management and HR actions.

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Esther Derby's Bio:

Esther draws on four decades of experience leading, observing, and living organizational change. She works with a broad array of organizations. Her clients include both startups and Fortune 500 companies.

Based on experience and research, her approach blends attention to humans and deep knowledge of complex adaptive systems.

Esther has been called one of the most influential voices within the agile communities when it comes to developing organizations, coaching teams, and transforming management. Her work over many years has influenced coaches and leaders across many companies.

Esther started her career as a programmer. However, over the years she’s worn many hats, including business owner, internal consultant, manager, and team leader. From all these perspectives, one thing was clear: individual, team, and even organizational success depends greatly on the work environment and organizational dynamics. As a result, she’s spent the last twenty-five years helping companies shape their environment for optimum success.

Her formal education includes an MA in Organizational Leadership and a certificate in Human Systems Dynamics.

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Johanna Rothman Bio:

Johanna known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” offers frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams do reasonable things that work. Equipped with that knowledge, they can decide how to adapt their product development. With her trademark practicality and humor, Johanna is the author of 18 books about many aspects of product development. Her most recent books are the Modern Management Made Easy series, From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams, and
Create Your Successful Agile Project. Find the Pragmatic Manager, a monthly email newsletter, and her blogs at jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com