In this special edition episode, we talk to IT Service Management specialist and value stream thinker David Billouz about the fourth chapter of Marie's journey in Zebra Apps. What do you think Marie should do? Join the conversation on our LinkedIn page Reach out to us: Anne Katrine & Ivanna

In the last commentary episode of chapter 4, we talk to Mary Lemmer, who is not only the founder of the company Improve, but also a keynote speaker, conference session facilitator, longtime entrepreneur, writer/author, and improv comedian. The story episode is full of attempts to solve the team communication and culture problems that have been iden…

Marie and Mark are interviewing for the CFO position, and Marie learns from the employees in the Finance department that they are not wishing for a specialist manager, but a leader to represent them in the management team. Natalie suggests the VP of Sales, Jaque, which disappoints Mark. Jason returns to Zebra Apps, and Paul bakes cinnamon buns for …

In the second part of chapter 4, we are lucky to get hands-on advice from queer millennial expat leader Laurence Paquette who works as Vice President of Marketing for the large renewable energy company Vestas. The story episode is full of drama, and the conflict avoidance reaches a new high when Zebra Apps' management fails at setting boundaries wh…

Marie gets closer to Jenni and starts to understand the pressure she is facing from Natalie. Shaine accepts a pay cut to make up for the salary disparity, but it is too late to avoid mass mutiny. After a dramatic incident in the office, Marie is sent home on sick leave. During her time off, Marie is approached by the previous employee, UX Designer …

In the first commentary episode of chapter 4, we are lucky to have "post transformation dude" Joe Auslander in the studio to share his great perspectives from his work which he describes as 'physical therapy of the delivery world and organizational transformation'. We talk about how to avoid getting lost in trying to fix 'people problems', how hold…

Mark, Marie and Paul spend a full day offsite to share and celebrate failures, with the purpose of starting to solve their department’s dysfunctions. Marie and Paul learn that Mark has been fighting Natalie to focus on culture since he started in Zebra Apps. Mark also admits that he has not been doing his job as a leader and investing in the HR dep…

In the last commentary episode of chapter 3, we talk to global business leader Vivek Menon about the challenges Marie faces as this chapter comes to an end. Based on many years of leadership experience, Vivek shares his thoughts on the topics of the episode, which all revolve around organizational dysfunction. We talk about equal pay for equal work…

The identity of the corporate rebel is revealed. Will he get away with it? Marie aggressively confronts Paul about the salary disparities in the engineering department. Later, she learns from Mark that Paul is under a lot of pressure because of a legal dispute with the ex-CFO Frank. Marie and her team facilitates a townhall meeting where the employ…

Is purpose your boss? In the second commentary episode of chapter 3, we have an interesting talk with Marc-Peter Pijper about holocracy, purpose, how to succeed and learn together as a team, equal pay for equal work, motivation, and not least the many metaphors of Marie's story. Is the pile of junk in the basement a metaphor for all the problems of…

Going to get the cinnamon buns from the pile of junk in the basement, Marie finds a hidden sugar stash and meets the datacenter technician Willie. During lunch hour in the canteen that day, a dramatic happening occurs, involving sugar and a banner falling from the stairwell. Marie and Erik learn from Shaine, who was recently headhunted from ConvoSy…

In this first commentary episode of chapter 3, we are delighted to talk to Rob England and Dr. Cherry Vu, partners in life and in their company Teal Unicorn. Together as a team, they transform organizations to New Ways of Working and Managing by being 'midwifes to the solution' for their customers (listen to the episode to find out what we mean). H…

In this first episode of chapter 3, all the sugar packets mysteriously disappear from the tables in the canteen. Sheila feels bad about her experience with Frank, and Marie and her team members get together for a structured exercise to cope with failure, each sharing a mistake and celebrating the learnings. Will this exercise help Sheila feel bette…

In this special edition episode, international thought leader, author, lecturer and practitioner Christian Nissen interviews Ivanna and AK about the first two chapters of Marie's journey in Zebra Apps. What do you think Marie should do? Join the conversation on our LinkedIn page Reach out to us: Anne Katrine & Ivanna…

In this final commentary episode of chapter 2, Futocracy Network host Dr. Ross Wirth joins us to provide some constructive criticism to Marie and her approaches. What are some of the missed opportunities and facilitation basics that Marie failed to get right at the leadership offsite? How could the five levels of involvement help Zebra Appa succeed…

The culture program is approved at the leadership meeting. Marie meets with Todd from HR in ConvoSystems to get the scoop on Jaque, and Todd shares some unsettling news about Anne and Zebra Apps co-founder Richard. Marie and her team facilitates the leadership offsite meeting. Marie’s team member Sheila has an uncomfortable facilitation session wit…

Author and coach Heidi Helfand helps us dissect the second episode in chapter 2 of Marie's journey. While Marie learns more about Mark and his background, an unknown company rebel hangs post-its on the recently installed soda fridges. Heidi Helfand shares her insights on how Marie and Mark's relationship could be improved using Organizational Relat…

While Marie gets closer to understanding Mark and his background, an unknown company rebel hangs post-its with insults on all the soda fridges. The HR Development team members plan the culture program, and Mark and Marie presents it to Natalie. But how will she react to the resurfaced company values? And is she even ready to approve a culture progr…

Silicon Valley veteran Sam McAfee from Startup Patterns helps us kick off chapter 2 of Marie's journey in this episode. What does it say about a company when it takes an archeological process to uncover previous work done to define and distribute company values? What can we learn from 20th century literature about mind games in the office? And what…

Chapter 2 kicks off with a member of the leadership team testing Marie's patience - and Marie learning something new about why Anne left Zebra Apps. Marie also discovers that Natalie did define a mission statement and company values when she founded the company. So how will Marie tackle the culture program presentation for the leadership team? And …

This week Benoit Hurel, a partner at The Ready, helps Marie maneuver Zebra Apps. Benoit advices Marie to try radical change at a non-radical scale and to dance with the system instead of fighting it. Guest: Benoit Hurel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoit-hurel/ The Ready: https://www.theready.com/ Methodologies and tools mentioned: OS canvas: http…

Marie is attending a flower party at her child Ally’s kindergarten, but is late and distracted by her meeting with Anne and the challenges at work. At night, she talks to her husband Thomas about how making the technology work is the easy part - making the team collaborate is much harder. Marie reads a LinkedIn post about games people play in organ…

What is the ecosystem at Zebra Apps? Can you truly act on your own when you are part of a system? This week Anne Weber Carlsen advises Marie on how she should maneuver. Anne is the Co-founder of Human by Nature and one of the founding facilitators of the discipline in Denmark. Tools & topics Regenerative leadership and looking at organizations as l…

Marie finally calls Anne and they arrange to meet. When Anne and Marie meet, it is awkward and tense. Anne explains that she left Zebra Apps because she could not keep the engineering department together as a single person. The system itself was flawed. What does Marie do when she is pushed by Anne? Could Zebra Apps have done more for the children …

Why is the HR department in Zebra Apps oh so dysfunctional? How do you achieve credible insights into the temperature amongst the employees when there are glass walls between HR, the leadership team, and the rest of the company? And what are the best strategies to follow up when you finally get these insights? Patrick Sheridan answers these questio…

Marie presents the results of her benchmark to Natalie and Mark. Mark takes note of the free soda missing from their package. During the meeting, Marie understands that Mark has been conducting exit interviews with employees, but never shared the results with her. He promised to share the results. Esther, the benefits manager, shares the results in…

What does it say about a company when employees start leaving for jobs with less pay? Can soda really be a differentiating factor for employee retention? And can you buy one unit of trust and two buns of collaboration at the baker's? Our two guest commentators Puk and Claus pose and answer these and more questions in this commentary episode. Listen…

It's the end of the month. Another employee resigns from Zebra Apps, an EdTech company. Marie, the head of development HR, is tasked with getting to the bottom of the wave of resignations. Could it be that the company does not offer free soda? Or is there something else at play? Listen to our guest experts commenting on this episode: https://www.bu…