I’m seeing a lot of job postings for agile professionals lately. However, the way they are worded and the requirements listed often do not make sense in an agile context. In fact, a large numberLire plus / Read more
What Makes Startups Special?
It doesn’t matter in which market your company is operating, if there are successful startups in the same domain you most probably have felt their impact. Startups are a force to be reckoned with. TheyLire plus / Read more
VUCA training with boardgames
In this post we will talk about the concept of VUCA. If you are not familiar with it, I recommend that you read my post Five emerging concepts in agile beforehand for a short overview.Lire plus / Read more
The Emerging Face of the 21st Century Organization
Different models compete to be the next big thing: “classic” Agile (and its frameworks such as Scrum, XP, SAFe), Modern Agile, Lean Kanban, Lean Startup, Management 3.0, Teal Organizations, Design Thinking, Podularity, Holacracy, Sociocracy, “flatarchy”,Lire plus / Read more
Intrapreneurs, Pirates on the Corporate Sea
Innovation is key to success. We often see startups as hotbeds for innovation while larger companies are too mired in process, politics and regulations to innovate, preferring to simply buy startups with a good product.Lire plus / Read more
When Safety Turns Toxic
I want to start by saying right from the get-go that a culture of safety is always more desirable than a culture of fear. That being said, it is possible to create a corrupted orLire plus / Read more
Safety Is Not Immunity
Safety is one of the cornerstones of a healthy work culture. Without safety, you cannot expect to see responsibility, accountability or ownership in any measure above the strict minimum. Still, we see many of ourLire plus / Read more
The Pickled Consultant
“Pickling” is a concept I was introduced to a year ago while working with other coaches on an agile transformation effort for a large client. We often had conversations and debates, trying to learn fromLire plus / Read more
Five Emerging Concepts in Agile
In this post, I would like to give a brief overview of five emerging tools I find interesting. I often refer to these in conversation, presentations, or blog posts and I would like this postLire plus / Read more
Guiding Teams Out of Fragility
In this post, we will explore how to use Modern Agile principles to help teams leave fragility for resilience and antifragility. For further information on those concepts, look up Joshua Kerievsky’s Modern Agile and NassimLire plus / Read more