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    The Great Resignation is coming...
    • Jun 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Great Resignation is coming...

    The Great Resignation is coming, and is your company prepared? Will you be the ones receiving applications from innovative, talented...
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    The Quality Identity
    • Apr 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    The 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...
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    The Employee Experience.
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    The 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...
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    Do away with hierarchy in a Team.
    • Oct 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    Do 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...
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    The Psychological Safety (Net)
    • Aug 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    The 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...
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    Bringing a Method to the Madness
    • May 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bringing a Method to the Madness

    Interested in becoming Agile? First, one thing to understand, Agile is not a Method. Agile is a mind-set. Got that? Agile was created to...
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    Does this Story Bring Customers Joy?
    • May 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    Does 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...
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    New Year's Resolution Retro
    • Dec 26, 2018
    • 4 min

    New Year's Resolution Retro

    Usually when the holidays come around, it is very difficult to maintain focus on teams. Our brains are contemplating parties, presents,...
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    New Ways to Estimate
    • Dec 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    New Ways to Estimate

    Has the fibonacci sequence got you down? Do you often find yourself in refinement staring at the ceiling? Do you want to scream to the...
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    A Thanksgiving Retro
    • Nov 21, 2018
    • 3 min

    A Thanksgiving Retro

    When I first started working with American teams, I did an internet search looking for various holiday themed retrospectives. I found...
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    Avoiding Leftovers in a Sprint
    • Nov 13, 2018
    • 3 min

    Avoiding Leftovers in a Sprint

    What 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...
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    Prioritizing Self-Improvement as a Coach
    • Oct 31, 2018
    • 3 min

    Prioritizing Self-Improvement as a Coach

    Expert Lyssa Adkins describes Agile Coaches as being a competent in the following areas: “Agile Lean Practitioner, Professional Coaching,...
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    Using Scrum for Film
    • Oct 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Using Scrum for Film

    Don’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...
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    Starting with a new Team as a Coach
    • Oct 5, 2018
    • 5 min

    Starting with a new Team as a Coach

    The 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...
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    Uh Oh - Swarming!
    • Sep 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Uh 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,...
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    Saying Goodbye as a Coach
    • Sep 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    Saying 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...
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    Improv at Work
    • Sep 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    Improv at Work

    Great leaders are always looking for the 3 Cs in their teams: Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity. Robin Williams, Steve...
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    Uh Oh - Spikes!
    • Sep 19, 2018
    • 3 min

    Uh 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...
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    Grow your own Scrum Masters
    • Sep 13, 2018
    • 5 min

    Grow your own Scrum Masters

    In 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...
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    Sometimes you gotta slow down to speed up.
    • Sep 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    Sometimes 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...
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    Scrum Sushi
    • Sep 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    Scrum Sushi

    Welcome to the fundamentals of Scrum demonstrated through a team outing to an All You Can Eat Sushi restaurant. I consider myself a very...
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