DA 101
This is the name of DA’s high-level decision-making framework that guides teams across all enterprise areas.
A toolkit
Celebrated on December 26th in the U.K. and Canada, this holiday originally honored giving gifts to servants.
Boxing Day
This spice, once worth more than gold, comes from the dried stigmas of a crocus flower.
Saffron
The only food that does not spoil, even after thousands of years, is this.
Honey
In Spain, people eat 12 of these—one for each stroke of midnight—to ensure good fortune.
Grapes
DA promotes starting where you are and progressing intentionally through small improvements—an idea known as this.
Guided continuous improvement
This eight-day Jewish holiday commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple and is also called the Festival of Lights.
Hanukkah
DAILY DOUBLE!
In Greece, people smash this fruit on the ground at their doorstep to bring prosperity.
This fruit, often mistaken for a vegetable, is actually a berry.
A banana
In the U.S., millions watch the ball drop in this famous New York City location.
Times Square
DA’s Lean lifecycle is influenced heavily by these two frameworks.
Kanban and Lean
Saint Lucia Day in Sweden is celebrated with candle-lit processions led by a girl wearing a crown made of these.
Candles
This “French” fry actually originated in this European country.
Belgium
The shortest war in history, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted this long.
38 minutes
This country sets off millions of fireworks during Tet, its Lunar New Year celebration.
Vietnam
DA began as an extension of this popular agile scaling framework before becoming a full enterprise toolkit.
Scrum
In Japan, families eat KFC and exchange New Year's cards during this festive season known as “Oshōgatsu.”
Japanese New Year
This country consumes more chocolate per person than any other nation.
Switzerland
DAILY DOUBLE!
The world’s largest living structure, visible from space, is composed of this organism.
People in Denmark leap into the air as the clock strikes midnight by jumping off these for good luck.
Chairs
One of DA’s least-known lifecycles, this model enables exploring ambiguous problem spaces before committing to delivery.
The Exploratory lifecycle
This country has a tradition of “night of the radishes,” where intricate radish sculptures are displayed during a December festival.
Mexico
The earliest known recipe for this “Middle Eastern ice cream” appears in Persian texts from 500 BCE and used snow mixed with grape molasses.
Sharbat (or sorbet)
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts about 57 seconds and connects two islands in this country.
Scotland (Westray to Papa Westray)
In Italy, people eat lentils at midnight because their shape resembles these.
Coins