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An Agile Coach’s Moral Dilemma
A fellow coach recently asked me for my opinion on an ethical dilemma — was it morally right for us to show people a new way of doing things knowing fully well that we were setting the group for...
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Agile Coaching Tip: Faces of Power in the Organization
The lines between political science and organizational culture continue to blur. Those who venture into organizations need to become well versed in the dynamics of power. One such explanation of these...
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Agile Coaching Tip: Watch for Triangles
“I’m glad I can talk to you, I’ve been having a really hard time with [Insert name of peer or boss]. He is not supporting this initiative and I need your help…” As an agile coach, I can’t tell you how...
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Agile Transformation & Adoption: Know Your Baggage and Have a Packing Strategy
The other day, I heard someone say, “He comes to the relationship with a lot of emotional baggage.” Truer words were never spoken; some people come with handbags and others come with steamer trunks,...
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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...
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Hit 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...
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Product 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...
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Subtractive 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...
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Rise 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...
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Agile 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...
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Sense-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...
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The 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...
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But 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...
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