Why Not Understanding the Cybertruck is a Management Problem
This article isn’t about Tesla. It’s about leadership, innovation, and why too many managers fail to grasp the essence of how innovation really works. Innovation is challengi...
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A growing collection of articles on agility, innovation, leadership, and product management. Practical insights to help you navigate change and build high-performing teams.
How To Build Trust And Vulnerability In Teams With The Personal History Exercise
Agile coaches often face the challenge of nurturing trust and openness within teams. The Personal History Exercise, as presented by Patrick Lencioni in “The Five Dysfunctions of...
Why Managing Dependencies Is Dangerous And How To Do Better
When it comes to dependencies, most teams and managers immediately ask, “How do we manage these dependencies?” But are we asking the right question? What’s a Dependency?A depen...
The Benefits of Setting Impossible Goals – Why Great Leaders Aim High
We all laugh when Elon Musk misses yet another audacious goal. But is he just a deluded lunatic billionaire or is there more behind him consistently missing his goals? Flying M...
Why you should know the Ball Point game – and how to facilitate it
Every Agile Coach or Scrum Master should know this game! It’s the standard we use to ease people into the world of iterative development, especially Scrum. You likely played it ...
Are your Daily Scrums wasting your team‘s time?
The Daily Scrum is an often loathed Scrum practice. But it certainly wasn’t invented to waste your team’s time – so what are we missing? Why are some teams not getting value out...
Boost productivity: Manage your energy, not your time! ⚡️
Did you know: The average worker is only productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes a day? That’s a jarring 30% of an 8 hour work day. What happens the rest of the day? And why do w...
Test-driven development (TDD) is about more than testing
To be agile we need to move and adapt fast. Software developers have come up with hands-on techniques to enable this speed. One of these techniques is test-driven development (a...
The Iron Triangle from an Agile Perspective
(See full article for paying members) Have you ever been told that agile methods can’t meet deadlines or stay within budget? It’s a common myth that leaves many skeptical about...
Mastering Deadlines with Agile Methods: How to Deliver on Time and Within Budget
Have you ever been told that agile methods can’t meet deadlines or stay within budget? It’s a common myth that leaves many skeptical about the true power of agility. But what if...
Don‘t ignore the hidden preconditions for Scrum
Are you sure you’re using Scrum correctly? Does your Scrum team fulfill the preconditions? Prerequisites of ScrumWhen it comes to implementing Scrum, people often talk about sp...
The Hidden Agile Killer: How Traditional Budgeting Methods Undermine Innovation
How agile can you be, if your budgeting process is still stuck in waterfall land? Sadly, many agile transformations are stopped in their tracks by the budgeting process. In or...
Beyond Bug Hunting: Mastering Agile Testing For Superior Product Quality!
Picture this: a traditional software development team is sprinting towards their release deadline, and there’s palpable tension in the air. The testing phase, meticulously sch...
Boost Your Emotional IQ Every Day: Why Daily Check-Ins Are Great
Why are emotional check-ins a boost for productivity? Imagine it’s Monday morning, and you’re gearing up for the first video call of the week with your distributed agile team. ...
How to Improve Your Retrospectives in 7 Steps
Retrospectives are the most important event in all of Scrum. That’s not just me saying this, that’s Ken Schwaber, the co-inventor of Scrum. Yet Retrospectives easily turn into p...