On a lifelong mission to dispel the myth that you cannot think with agility and wear cufflinks….
Maybe we do need to "kill agile". This statement has been flying around the internet and the Twitter sphere lately, with plenty of well informed, experienced and knowledgeable people jumping into the debate. I understand why. There are Disturbing trends in agile adoption. The initial revolutionaries that wanted to focus on people ( the pre …
Heart of Agile training in association with Alistair Cockburn now offered by Credus Partners
Agile has been around for 20 years. Nearly. At least the way we articulate it to be today and anchor around it. There is a lot of intellectual person-power diving into the "whats next " debate. Do we need to change the Manifesto? Do we need to modify some values? Do we need a new …
In November 2016 I attended Alistair Cockburn's Advanced Agile Masterclass. Well, I have attended a few but I mean this particular one. There was a fundamental question that we focused on for much of one  day: If the leaders role in the modern world is becoming more focused on Mentoring, Training, Coaching, Guiding, Facilitating…..where is Managing? …
How is energy created by people in teams and how do we maintain it?
Theres a few Agile reading lists going around. From my perspective I would start with these: booktitle author Lean Enterprise Barry O’Reilly, Jez Humble Turn the Ship Around Dave Marquette Team of Teams Gen. Stan McChrystal Continuous Delivery Jez Humble Lean Start Up Eric Reis The 5th Discipline Peter Senge The Goal Eliyahu Goldratt This …
In the first post of this series, we examined the theory that the human race, people, our species,  are essentially reflections of the universe. Small, concentrated balls of energy. When  new projects, missions, teams, start-ups are kicked off, as people are brought together and combined friction ensues, and massive amounts of energy are combined. Everyone is …
Continue reading "Energy, Teams and the 2nd Law of Thermal Dynamics – Part II"
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Agile in Cufflinks 