The Parts vs. System Paradox “Changing parts will have little impact on the system. But changing interactions or purpose can create a massive impact.” — Steven Schuster Systems thinkers have long understood this. So why do many organizations still obsess over optimizing individual teams — driving up local efficiency while...

📢 Special Event: On May 2, please attend this free webinar "Using System Thinking & Modelling to Solve Tough Organizational Problems", delivered by Certified LeSS Trainer and Coach Gene Gendel and hosted by Lean, Agile and Large-Scale Product Development (LeSS) Global Community. Some of your pressing questions could be asked...

AI, of course, can be used to improve the performance of individual single-skilled specialists, and this is what we see as of 2025, but there is a large landscape. Let me share. AI-Supported Org Design (“AI OD” for short) will be becoming a hugely impactful topic affecting all of us...

In the last months, I’ve had many conversations in the LeSS community as well as in the product I work for, about Requirement Areas. From those discussions, I’ve discovered new ways of explaining them. Here, I’d like to share some of these. What are Requirement Areas? Requirement Areas is a grouping...

In this episode, we have the privilege of having Mauro Sacchi, an esteemed leader in digital R&D at Wärtsilä, whose innovative approach and vast experience in transforming traditional industries into agile powerhouses. I’m excited to share our transformation story at Wärtsilä, where we’ve embraced Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) principles to break...