Change can happen within the borders of a team, as well as at the scale of an organization. (It can of course also happen at the individual level, but that’s a separate topic.) In both the team and organizational cases, it helps to not only have an idea of where …
Many folks in leadership positions mistakenly buy in to “Doing” Agile with only their IT/Engineering departments, looking to increase velocity, to ship features faster, and have their organization behave in a predictable way. I’m afraid they have it all wrong….
The Challenge In the pursuit of delivering business value, there is no shortage of obstacles to overcome to achieving high levels of trust, good communication, and the ability to have productive conflict on agile scrum or kanban teams. Those impediments have the potential to restrict continuous improvement and get in the way of …
High Performance Defined From Wikipedia: A high-performance team (HPT) can be defined as a group of people with specific roles and complementary talents and skills, aligned with and committed to a common purpose, who consistently show high levels of collaboration and innovation, that produce superior results. Characteristics of an HPT …
I am a pragmatic and accomplished agile humanist with 20+ years of experience across a variety of corporate and start-up environments. I apply compassion, common sense, and situational flexibility as I champion the adoption and propagation of agile values and principles. I am passionate and determined to help catalyze and …
