Jun 21, 20212 minThe Great Resignation is coming...The Great Resignation is coming, and is your company prepared? Will you be the ones receiving applications from innovative, talented...
Apr 3, 20214 minThe Quality Identity I am going to tell you the story of an agile transformation from the Quality Assurance (QA) perspective. Why? Often, as Agile Coaches, we...
Nov 24, 20202 minThe Employee Experience.Earl Nightingale "What is on the inside shows up on the outside." That is the clearest reason I have found for why companies need to...
Oct 8, 20192 minDo away with hierarchy in a Team.My father once told me a story about the wild west. There was a stranger looking to travel across California. He found a man with a stage...
Aug 6, 20194 minThe Psychological Safety (Net)Psychological safety. One of the necessities to building a high performing team. And one of the most difficult areas to achieve or...
May 31, 20192 minBringing a Method to the MadnessInterested in becoming Agile? First, one thing to understand, Agile is not a Method. Agile is a mind-set. Got that? Agile was created to...
May 22, 20192 minDoes this Story Bring Customers Joy?A new sensation has hit households. "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" is a new show on Netflix, inspiring individuals to declutter their...
Dec 26, 20184 minNew Year's Resolution RetroUsually when the holidays come around, it is very difficult to maintain focus on teams. Our brains are contemplating parties, presents,...
Dec 6, 20183 minNew Ways to EstimateHas the fibonacci sequence got you down? Do you often find yourself in refinement staring at the ceiling? Do you want to scream to the...
Nov 21, 20183 minA Thanksgiving RetroWhen I first started working with American teams, I did an internet search looking for various holiday themed retrospectives. I found...
Nov 13, 20183 minAvoiding Leftovers in a SprintWhat if I told you that: Cooking dinner is a bit like the process of refining what a team can work on in a sprint. You have to make the...
Oct 31, 20183 minPrioritizing Self-Improvement as a CoachExpert Lyssa Adkins describes Agile Coaches as being a competent in the following areas: “Agile Lean Practitioner, Professional Coaching,...
Oct 11, 20183 minUsing Scrum for FilmDon’t believe that Scrum can work for non-software development projects? Try this on for size. I didn’t start as an Agile Coach. I was...
Oct 5, 20185 minStarting with a new Team as a CoachThe 3 Ls - Listen, Learn, Language It’s happening again. You are a new Agile Coach or a new Scrum Master asked to join a new team. There...
Sep 28, 20182 minUh Oh - Swarming!What many people don't realize is that the official Scrum Guide is actually very short (19 pages to be precise). A lot of what we do,...
Sep 28, 20184 minSaying Goodbye as a Coach~This post is dedicated to all my 2018 Squads~ How you leave a team is just as important as how you start with a team. I have had to do...
Sep 27, 20183 minImprov at WorkGreat leaders are always looking for the 3 Cs in their teams: Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity. Robin Williams, Steve...
Sep 19, 20183 minUh Oh - Spikes!Spikes, huh, good God! What are they good for? Just imagine Edwin Starr singing the title. Don't know the reference ? Education time here...
Sep 13, 20185 minGrow your own Scrum MastersIn this post, I hope to walk you through one company's solution to making sure they had the right Scrum Masters in the right roles at the...
Sep 12, 20183 minSometimes you gotta slow down to speed up. Let me tell you a story. Every year, the town of Le Mans, France is taken over by an incredible racing event. This particular race...
Sep 9, 20184 minScrum SushiWelcome to the fundamentals of Scrum demonstrated through a team outing to an All You Can Eat Sushi restaurant. I consider myself a very...