Humility is the key to leading and building agile teams and organizations. Here’s why.
Selling underwear: How developers learned to love talking to customers
Not everyone wants to do product discovery but everybody should. Here's a story about one way I convinced a group of reluctant developers to meet their users.
Do OKRs work with Jobs to Be Done?
Do OKRs work with jobs to be done? They do. Here's how.
OKR anti-pattern: reverse engineering key results to match your backlog
I work with teams around the world every day helping them implement objectives and key results. I’ve written about OKR here a lot over the last few years and now, as the goal-setting framework is catching on broadly, the anti-patterns have become increasingly obvious. One such anti-pattern I’ve noticed recently is teams reverse engineering their … Continue reading OKR anti-pattern: reverse engineering key results to match your backlog
Volkswagen’s electric car ambitions: a Sense & Respond case study
Volkswagen's electric vehicle ambitions reveal how their manufacturing history gets in the way of their technological success.
3 ways visualization drives collaboration, agility and inclusion
Visualizing a system is the fastest way to build shared understanding. Here's why.
Agile frameworks aren’t the destination. They are the starting points.
Following recipes is the beginning of your agile transformation. To reach true agility you must become a chef.
Forever Employable Webinar: Lessons learned with Katie Saindon and David O’Malley
Katie Saindon and David O'Malley took the ideas in Forever Employable and put them into action immediately.
Racing for the bronze: how to redefine goals for agile teams
If your team is struggling to deliver top-notch work, you'll need to revisit your definition of done.
Increase your team’s agility with radical transparency
The success of your org's agility isn't solely dependent on your executives. Teams have their part to do as well.