ORIGINAL EDITORIAL WORK · 2026
Small changes.
Clearer thinking.
Procedures you can adapt, examples you can inspect, sources you can follow. Original 2026 editorial writing complements Richard Durnall’s articles.
Set a WIP limit your team can actually use
A practical experiment for controlling work in progress: define boundaries, handle blocked work and review flow without turning the limit into a target.
Read the guide ↗FIELD NOTE 02 / PROBLEM SOLVINGAn A3 for a problem that keeps returning
Write a concise A3 for digital work: establish the gap, separate observations from hypotheses and design a checkable countermeasure.
Read the guide ↗FIELD NOTE 03 / STRATEGYConnect a strategic goal to a testable change
A working strategy-to-experiment map: connect outcomes, observations, owners and review decisions without building a cascade of disconnected targets.
Read the guide ↗FIELD NOTE 04 / AGILEMake Agile adoption a learning experiment
A practical adoption plan for one team: choose a real delivery problem, create feedback and review consequences before expanding a practice.
Read the guide ↗FIELD NOTE 05 / SYSTEMS THINKINGMap one piece of work before mapping everything
Follow one completed request through a digital service, distinguish work from waiting and choose an observation-led improvement experiment.
Read the guide ↗FIELD NOTE 06 / CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTLeave the retrospective with one test
A focused retrospective format that turns a specific observation into a reversible test, an owner and a review decision.
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