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November 26, 2020 by Chris Daily Leave a Comment

A new perspective on Thanksgiving

In the past, thanksgiving has been about football, way too much food, and sleeping on the couch.  This year, I have a different perspective.  A heart transplant just might do that to someone.

I am not the sappy kind, but this year has special meaning.  Maybe it’s the medicine I am on, but I can’t help but think about all the things I took for granted.  Here’s a few:

  • My new heart
  • My family, friends, and co-workers
  • My experiences and challenges
  • The cardiac team and COLTT team of IU Health
  • Having an opportunity to reboot my life

Having a heart transplant is no walk in the park.  Saying that, it is better than the alternative.  While we all celebrate Thanksgiving in different way this year, we can reflect on what we can give thanks for.

I hope your Thanksgiving is good and safe.

Chris

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October 21, 2020 by Chris Daily 14 Comments

beLithe, where did you go?

As many of you already know, beLIthe, LLC is a small company.  In fact, we only have two employees.  As the Managing Director, I do it all.  Keep track of the books, invoice, sell, deliver, develop content, blah, blah, blah.  Alex, my son, works with me providing support, editing videos and podcasts, and developing my crazy software ideas.

So, being a small company, we can accomplish a lot, but struggle with doing more than one thing at a time.

On August 25th, I entered the ER at IU Methodist Hospital.  That started what turned into a perfect storm.  I had a heart attack!  The heart attack was so severe, that we were directed to The Heart Failure group.

Fast forward to October 3.  I woke up with new transplanted heart.  As word as spread, the outpouring of support has been overwhelming.  Down days have been often turned positive by a text or phone call.

My anticipated future is gone.  Yet, I am here because of the medical heroes at Methodist.  Check out this link.  Not best picture!

The future of beLithe is also obviously up in the air.

I would ask that you consider this one point:  Despite all the I have been through, I am determined to make this the best thing that has happened to me.  Caveat:  outside of my wife and three great kids.  I am considering this as a reboot of my body and mind.

I am planning on sharing my journey in an effort to help others.  I will draw clear lines so that those of you who are interested can follow.  Those of you who aren’t interested won’t be bothered.

More to come.  Thanks for your support.

Chris

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August 19, 2020 by Chris Daily Leave a Comment

Webinar Replay: Measuring Change

Yesterday, we wrapped up our #SlinkyThink Sessions Vol 022 | Measuring Change.  If you’re new to our #SlinkyThink webinars, our webinar replays are accessible for free at belithe.thinkific.com.

In this webinar, we appeal to our inner-beancounter.  We look at the different ways change can be measured.  A constant theme throughout many change management approaches, measuring success and failure is imperative to boosting momentum while demonstrating tangible results.   During the webinar, we took a look at:

  • why are measurements important,
  • what kind of measurements can we use,
  • what are some simple measurements you can capture now

Click here to check out the video replay.  If you’d prefer, you can breeze through the transcript by clicking here.

The topic for the next #SlinkyThink Session on July 28th is Leading Change by John Kotter.  We’re going to explore the human side of change management.  It’s the aspect that is often ignored when change is being forced on us.

Sign up now and save your seat. Click here to sign up.

STAY SAFE AND KEEP WASHING THOSE HANDS.

Chris

Chris Daily
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August 17, 2020 by Chris Daily Leave a Comment

DTC Podcast: Brent Shopp of PurposeHQ

In the third episode of Death, Taxes, and Change, Brent Shopp of PurposeHQ takes us into the realm of talent optimization.

I really enjoyed my conversation with Brent.  As a co-founder and Purpose Maker at PurposeHQ, I have been working with Brent over the last 6 months on concepts that have resulted in beLithe’s new approach of Head, Heart, and Briefcase.  BTW, Brent suggested the HHB concept after listening to me whine about the struggles I was having.

Brent was Brent I got to know Jeremy at a healthcare startup where we worked together for a year in pretty trying circumstances.  Jeremy’s journey is intriguing to me as he didn’t start out in software development, but had to pivot when his first career didn’t work out for him.

Jeremy graduated from Purdue with a BS degree in Engineering.  After working in a couple of manufacturing companies, Jeremy made the leap into software development.  Jeremy decided that he didn’t love what he was doing, so he jumped into software development.  Teaching himself the basics, Jeremy’s journey has included working for a bitcoin startup, a healthcare startup, and consulting as an independent consultant.  His current stop is at Crowe as a team-lead.  Jeremy is one of the most gifted developers I have worked with.  His journey into leadership roles is one that I am going to pay close attention to.

I love talking to Jeremy. I always walk away from our conversations scratching my head amazed at the insights he provides.

You can get to Death, Taxes, and Change by clicking here for Apple Podcasts or here for Libsym .

I hope you enjoy the episode.

Chris

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August 14, 2020 by Chris Daily Leave a Comment

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Agile.

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Agile
Do-It-Yourself Agile is a result of an organization not continuously improving.

Cleaning out my inbox, I found an email from Seth Godin titled “The do-it-yourself at-home surgery kit”.

As some of you know, I am a huge fan of Seth Godin.  He is one of the easiest folks to follow.  Every morning, you get a short email with a singular thought.  It’s an easy read, and it always seems to be poignant.

Reading Seth’s post, my mind immediately leaped to the approach I see from time to time.  When you think about DIY related to the home improvements, there are a variety of outcomes ranging from perfection to disaster.  Perfection looks as though a professional craftsman completed the work flawlessly.  Disaster, on the other hand, looks as you hired an amateur to take on the project.  What’s more, a professional craftsman can create a disaster as well at the instance of the homeowner.   Over the years as a homeowner, I have created more disasters than perfection.

Many times, I see a lot of DIY Agile that looks like a disaster.  Is it a result of a professional craftsman (Agile coach) creating a disaster at the instance of the homeowner (the organization)?  Or, could it be the result of an amateur (inexperienced Agile Coach/Scrum Master) trying DIY for the first time?

In my experience, DIY Agile is a result of neither one.  The problem isn’t whether you hired a professional craftsman or an amateur.  The problem is you are not a self-learning organization. 

Every opportunity I get, I say basically the following sentences: “A high performing team doesn’t just wake up one day to find they are high performing.  They iterate their way to become a high performing team.  If you get nothing else from this workshop, remember the retrospective is the most important thing you can get right.”

An organization or team that embraces the concept of retrospectively looking in the mirror, identifies the good and bad of what it sees, and then fix the bad will become high performing.  Why do I say that?  They are continuously correcting and adjusting as they go, prioritizing to solve the worst things first. 

In other words, they are finding and fixing their problems. 

That’s all we need to do is start fixing problems. It sounds simple, yet it can be hard to start.  Once you start, DIY Agile will fade into the background.

Chris

 

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