I’ve been asked a lot lately about my experience working with distributed teams for the last 20 years. I have worked in 46 countries so far. So how did I create high-performing teams that were not in the same physical location?
Why did these three different Agile Transformations fail, and what did they all have in common? What do you as a leader need to do, to bring a meaningful change to your company and ensure your success? Read this blog post and find out!
I suggested a radical idea called Scrum to a U.S. federal agency looking to build a product. One year into the Agile transformation, I interviewed the Program Manager about the experience. Here is our conversation.
We all face a lot of anxiety and stress every day at work. Read the blog post from Agility For All and find out how to relieve stress and anxiety, in order to be your best self at work.
Vision is great, visionaries can and do change the world. But vision alone doesn’t give you a return on your investment. What are the real questions you should be asking startup founders before investing? Here's a start: Do they have the structure, product-to-market fit, and the appropriate time-to-market? Read this blog post by our founder Indra Books to find out more.
Most importantly, when we work with an organisation, we are technique agnostic. We never presume to have a solution before we have even identified the problem. The first step is making sure we are all at the same place or can get there, and then strategise the best way to do that - not just start out by saying “We are going to do Scrum.”
Daily checkins are important for a Scrum team. But if they don't add value, you need to examine why. When you are working in an Agile environment, everything must provide value. But eliminating something without inspecting and adapting is not going to yield results.
Implementing the transition to remote work should be done systematically. Experimental Backlogs are a great way to try things to see if they work before implementing them across the company. Read this blog post to learn about how to use experimental backlogs for a successful transition to remote work.
When working with Agile teams or companies, it's very important to think about how we perceive and engage with the most notorious of anti-transformation agents, “human blockers” or H.B.s. Read this blog post about how to engage meaningfully with human impediments to Agile transformation.
How do you handle it when the ideas just keep getting piled onto the workload, and it starts to look like a circus act of juggling plates? This is where the Three Idea Vision Board comes into play. Read this article and learn about how to keep the ideas flowing and work on implementing them effectively.
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