Words I avoid using: should, empower, commitment

For the record, there are a few words I avoid using if I can. Should: “we should feed the starving…

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The “people problem” problem and the great agile divide

“Its always a people problem.” Gerry Weinberg, The Secrets of Consulting, 1985 The great, unspoken, divide in agile is between…

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The big mistake with Platform Product Owners and what to do about it

From time to time I come across software platform team – also called infrastructure teams. Such teams provide software which…

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The future of office working

The lockdown hasn’t effected my work environment that much. This is a picture of my home office, my garden office,…

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Coaching conflicts

Last year I was coaching a team. One of the big problems the team faced was excessive work in progress…

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Why does AOTB have its own submission system?

Anyone who has submitted to Agile on the Beach in the last few years will have used our submission system:…

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In defence of hierarchy

Hierarchy, it is one of those topics which provokes a reaction. There are many in the agile community who believe…

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Plan less, do more

“Planning has rapidly diminishing returns: plan less, do more, learn more, redesign governance to kill early and often.” Happy new…

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The Agile virus

The thing we call Agile is a virus. It gets into organizations and disrupts the normal course of business. In…

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