Welcome to the Pliant Solutions Blog!

Here our team members share their knowledge and insights on leadership, agile, teams, mindfulness, and organizational transformation to help you along your continuous improvement journey, as you move the needle a little each day.

It's also the place you'll find company announcements, community news, and notes from our Meetup group DC Organizational Practitioners.

Until the Agile Fairy arrives to magically transform your organization, take a look around!

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I’m Sick of the Word “Transformation”

I'm sick of the word transformation. There, I said it. Here's the thing: transformations don't happen quickly.

Partnerships Build Spacecraft

By: Darren Hoevel As it turns out, it wasn’t the launch (or lack thereof) of SpaceX’s first American commercial crewed rocketed spacecraft on May 27th that got me giddy about the future of space travel and beyond. In and of itself, Launch Day was an exciting one for my family (people are actually getting launched…

Reminder: Keep an Open Mind

If we generally surround ourselves with (and follow on social media) people who share our same views, we’re limiting our chances for thoughtful conversation, restricting our perspectives, and hindering opportunities to grow.

Don’t wait for the perfect time. Start by visualizing the work.

If you’re waiting for the perfect time to start an agile initiative or to launch a pilot program, you may be waiting quite for a while. You’re just going to jump in and start untangling the hairball of workstreams, roles, and Work in Progress (WIP).

Certifiably Certified

By: Darren Hoevel I’m up to something like 5,000 contacts on LinkedIn (I’m a people person, damnit!). It’s safe to say, I don’t have close professional relationships with all of them… yet. Still, I was a little surprised when I shared some thoughts in a post a few months ago that someone responded by saying,…

The Unspoken Practice of Agility

By: Darren Hoevel Last week I hosted an Agile Lunch and Learn for a government client. As this client is relatively new to agile principles and practices, our Lunch and Learns have typically been about topics like Kanban, Story Writing, and Agile Roles. This time, however, I introduced everyone to mindfulness. One person raised their…

Upcoming Dare to Lead Courses

Based on the work of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ teaches you the collection of four courage-building skills that are teachable, measurable, and observable, and by the end of the course you will be able to move from armored leadership to daring leadership! Check out the details of the course, then join us our next eight-week virtual session.

March 23rd - May 11th, 2021
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm