AI Is Not Replacing Scrum Masters. Bad Role Design Is.
Many organizations complain that Scrum Masters do not create enough change. Then you look at the role they designed and realize: change was never really allowed. That is why the...
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The Pole Challenge: The Workshop Exercise That Makes Team Dynamics Visible
Some workshop exercises look almost too simple to be useful. The Pole Challenge is one of them. You bring a team together, give them a pole, and ask them to lower it to the grou...
AI Will Help You Build the Wrong Thing Faster
Right now, almost every company is trying to “do something with AI.” AI copilots. AI-generated presentations. AI coding assistants. AI pilots everywhere. Executives are under pr...
Why Companies Keep Turning Great Engineers Into Bad Managers
I keep seeing the same pattern in companies: the best engineers get promoted out of the work they’re brilliant at, then everyone wonders why leadership gets worse and technical ...
Many Organizations Accidentally Train People to Stop Thinking
Many organizations accidentally train people to stop thinking. Not intentionally. Most leaders I meet genuinely want motivated, proactive, innovative people. They want teams tha...
Most Companies Don’t Want Feedback. They Want Confirmation.
Most organizations say they value experimentation, innovation, customer feedback, and learning. But if you observe what actually happens inside many companies, something very di...