Using a Current Reality Tree to Identify Root Causes

Don’t Fix Symptoms – Identify your Root Causes using a Current Reality Tree In this post, we will explore how a Current Reality Tree (CRT), a tool from the Theory of Constraints (TOC) can help us to understand and identify the root cause(s) of team and organisational problems. If you are experiencing slow delivery, quality […]

Want to Create Psychological Safety? Here’s what not to do!

Want to Create Psychological Safety? Here’s what not to do! Every team member can help to create psychological safety, but if you are a leader your behaviours can have an even greater impact. If you are not familiar with the term, Amy Edmundson defines psychological safety as a “shared belief that the team feels safe […]

Why You Should Try a Pre-Mortem Exercise (Before It’s Too Late!)

Why you should try a pre-mortem exercise (before it’s too late) In this post, we will talk about the pre-mortem exercise and how it can help set you up for success. You may have encountered the “lessons learnt log” before. Most of the time, those well-intentioned documents gather dust in forgotten folders, never to be […]

5 Facilitation Fails and Facilitator Tips to Avoid Them

5 Facilitation Fails and Facilitator tips to avoid them At Outcome over Output, we love to learn from failures, especially the ones that make us cringe a little. Here are the 5 favourite facilitation fails we’ve seen (and sometimes committed) over the years, plus some practical facilitator tips to help you avoid falling into the […]

7 Tips for Creating a Product Roadmap

7 Tips for Creating a Product Roadmap As it’s a new year, you may be thinking about creating a product roadmap or refreshing your existing one. I’ve worked with many different types of teams and organisations over the years to help them create a product roadmap and here are my top 7 tips for success: […]

Dysfunctional Team? Lessons from a Marriage Therapist

Dysfunctional Team? Here’s some tips from a marriage counselor Have you ever been part of a dysfunctional team? Often teams are thrown together at breakneck speed and expected to deliver results immediately, without much time to gel? It’s no surprise when tensions bubble beneath the surface. Even if there are no open conflicts, there’s often […]

OKR Implementation – 7 Common Mistakes

OKR Implementation – 7 Common Mistakes In this post, we will talk about OKR implementation and some common mistakes organisations make when implementing OKRs. Implementing Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) can be a powerful way to align teams, set clear priorities, and track meaningful progress. However, OKR implementation is often trickier than it seems, and […]

How to Make Meetings More Engaging

72% of Meetings are Ineffective! How to make meetings more engaging In this post we will tackle a very common topic – how to make meetings more engaging. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of running one of my  favourite training workshops on mastering facilitation skills.  During these sessions, I always ask two […]