Savanna Leadership: Vigilance, Migration Patterns, and Collective Intelligence

Explore how savanna ecosystems demonstrate leadership through distributed vigilance, rhythmic adaptation, collective intelligence, and the power of controlled disruption to create resilient organizations.

Bikeshedding: When Teams Get Stuck on the Small Stuff (And What to Do About It)

Have you ever been part of a planning session where a team spent 45 minutes debating the perfect name for their new feature flag configuration? Meanwhile, the architectural decision about their service mesh implementation got a mere two-minute discussion… If so, you’ve witnessed bikeshedding in action – a phenomenon that’s been haunting teams since before we had bikes to shed.

Software Architecture Metrics

Software architecture metrics are key to the maintainability and architectural quality of a software project and they can warn you about dangerous accumulations of architectural and technical debt early in the process. In this practical book, leading hands-on software architects share case studies to introduce metrics that every software architect …

Navigating Complexity in Agile Transformations: Insights from a Conversation About Simplicity

In the ever-evolving realm (some might say distressing?) of Agile transformations and organizational change, one often overlooked factor is the power of simplicity. In a recent podcast conversation, my esteemed colleague, Chris Murman, and I delved deep into the concept of simplicity and how it fits into the intricate world of Agile transformations.

Agile Team Engagement, Health & Happiness Checks

Now more than ever companies are exploring ways of measuring and visualizing how their teams are doing (KPI’s; ROV’s, NPS, etc.,)

The general idea being ya can’t improve what ya don’t measure. And without some sort of systemic approach with clear visualization – things would very much be a guessing game.

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