A short form collaborwocky video from Modus Institute about how to run a value stream mapping exercise for knowledge workers. How are they set up? What do teams get from them? How do people move from their current uninformed work to a more informed professional environment? This is the most important exercise a team can undertake, hands down. In this video we talk about how a value stream mapping works, how we can use it to have more amicable negotiations, and what happens when a team actually understands their work...just doesn't assume they know what is going on. The VSM exercise lets teams not just see how they work, they see their culture, they see their interactions, they see how their work...works. From there, they can act, improve, and finish their work with true professional satisfaction. Lean, agile, six sigma teams do parts of this, very few go the whole distance. Watch for collaboration, silo busting, negotiations, and the psychological safety that a value stream mapping exercise can actually provide.
