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RenDanHeYi in 4 Steps (2025 How-To Guide)
Abe Schoots Abe Schoots

RenDanHeYi in 4 Steps (2025 How-To Guide)

The RenDanHeYi model is a management system created at Haier, the Chinese appliance company, and it has been spreading worldwide. Often described as a flat organisation, it breaks away from traditional hierarchies by giving employees the power to act as entrepreneurs.

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Lean Portfolio Management in 4 Steps (2025 How-To Guide)
Abe Schoots Abe Schoots

Lean Portfolio Management in 4 Steps (2025 How-To Guide)

Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) is a modern way of managing work at the portfolio level. Instead of relying on heavy processes and rigid budgets, it brings agility to strategic planning, funding, and governance. At its core, LPM connects strategy to execution so organisations deliver real value instead of just outputs. Read more…

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What Leaders Still Get Wrong About Agile
Abe Schoots Abe Schoots

What Leaders Still Get Wrong About Agile

Discover the top leadership blind spots that derail Agile transformations. Learn how executives can shift from superficial support to real alignment—and lead with curiosity, clarity, and adaptability.

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The Missing Middle: Leading Transformation Without Losing Trust
Abe Schoots Abe Schoots

The Missing Middle: Leading Transformation Without Losing Trust

Agile transformations live or die in the middle. While execs approve and teams deliver, it’s middle managers who determine whether change takes root. This article unpacks how to support, empower, and engage the often-overlooked layer of your organisation.

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Agile and AI: Partners or Foes?
Abe Schoots Abe Schoots

Agile and AI: Partners or Foes?

Is AI a threat to Agile—or its biggest ally? This article explores how GenAI can support teams, not replace them. Learn how to safely introduce AI into your agile ways of working without losing the human connection that makes transformation work.

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Measuring the Invisible: Proving Agile Transformation Works
Abe Schoots Abe Schoots

Measuring the Invisible: Proving Agile Transformation Works

Agile transformation often fails in the boardroom before it fails on the ground. This article shows how to measure what really matters—from behaviours to outcomes—and how to keep leadership aligned when progress is hard to see. Includes a step-by-step measurement playbook.

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