Agile Coaching Tip: The Quiet Power of Silence
I once had a supervisor who was an excellent person, always seeking to create concensus and positive interactions. Mostly this worked out fine but at times his desire for always keeping things positive...
View ArticleHit The Valuable
A short story with a practical lesson. I got my first driver’s licence when my family was living in Las Vegas. We had moved from Idaho where the lane markers are painted on the road. Las Vegas has lane...
View ArticleProduct Owners: Are You Solving Real Problems?
I’ve seen this look too many times from product owners as of late. As organizations shift from can we build it to should we build it, the future of Scrum hangs in the balance. Scrum, as it is practiced...
View ArticleSubtractive Transformation (or “How Improving a Company is Like Improving a...
After living overseas for two years and not playing golf the entire time, I returned to the states, joined a golf league, and quickly realized how out of practice I was. I had always had good luck...
View ArticleRise of the Lean Executive
“No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it.” – Peter Drucker Drucker has passed on, but fortunately for us his ideas have not. Corporate executives are turning...
View ArticleAgile Accountability
This was a great week at BVCon, our bi-annual company gathering where we build relationships, show experiences, and learn from each other. These events are core to our values and success, as it brings...
View ArticleSense-and-Respond: A Broad Organizational Capability
In order to avoid the pitfalls of myopic agility, it can be helpful, if not downright prudent, for you as a leader to broaden the lens through which you think about the very notion of agility. You want...
View ArticleThe Role of Scrum Master – A Permanent Position?
As agile frameworks grow in both popularity and widespread use, especially with Scrum leading the way, Scrum Masters have grown in popularity with companies, and we see an increase in job postings...
View ArticleBut It’s Just a Simple Matter of Coding – How Hard Could It Be?
Many times, I hear business people (such as Product Owners) bemoan how expensive software development is. And the brutal truth is that for anything non-trivial, software costs a ton of money to...
View ArticleAgile Enablement: Leadership Everywhere is Essential for an Agile Organization
Leadership is an essential ingredient for a high-performing, self-organizing agile team, but not necessarily in the way leadership is traditionally envisioned, with a designated individual providing...
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