Not long ago, I witnessed a talented engineering team burn through $2 million in six months.Their Velocity was impressive. Sprint after Sprint, they delivered working software. Their burndown charts looked...
Ok, most of you agilistas probably know much of the introduction here about agile, but we get better over time framing it (I think). So bear with me a bit...
🚀 The Problem with “AI Project” ThinkingMost organizations fail with AI for a common reason: they treat it as a project rather than a capability. In my last YouTube Video...
It seems everyone's talking about AI transformation right now as if it's some kind of single finish line. But here's the truth: AI isn't a project, it's a capability.The organizations...
Five years after COVID reshaped work, the return-to-office debate hasn’t been “won”; it’s matured. In this conversation, Brian Milner and I cut through conflicting studies and personal preferences to ask...
🚀 Why the Next Frontier of Agility Isn’t Faster Delivery, It’s Faster LearningIn most organizations, learning still exists outside the work environment. It happens in workshops, HR portals, or during...
These days, it seems many are talking about how AI is going to replace jobs, but here's the truth: AI won't necessarily replace you. A person who's learned AI will...
You know what? Scrum is amazing until it's not. For some teams, I find that Scrum can feel like the villain, not the hero. Scrum promises agility, but for some...
Are you tired of hearing that Agile means no documentation? That's nonsense. Agile means documentation that actually serves a purpose, and visibility—well, that's a non-negotiable in an agile process. It's...
A common complaint on Scrum teams is, “We have too many meetings.” However, I would like to argue that the issue isn’t the number of activities in Scrum; it’s how...
I was just going through my office the other day when I found these wonderful 3.5-inch floppy disks. I know most of you reading this probably have never held one...
Let’s take a look at a couple of different orgs I have had the pleasure to work with and their response to “problems”. I am reminded of my practices in...