Agile story time
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin. Listen to David telling you a lovely bedtime story about two farmers who had to start growing crops.
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Experimenting with Agile: Context is key
There are 12 signs of the zodiac. Here in the UK we have a population of over 60 million people, so on average there are over 5 million people for each star sign. If we all read our horoscopes, would we expect that 5 million people would all have the… Read More »Experimenting with Agile: Context is key
New book: ‘The Innovation Revelation’
When I started writing The Innovation Revelation in the summer of 2017, I had a very specific goal: I wanted to take what I’d learned from working with dozens of top organisations, and share the best practices for creating valuable products and services. But it couldn’t be another text book;… Read More »New book: ‘The Innovation Revelation’
Why organisations fail
John Kotter is a professor of leadership at Harvard, as well as a best-selling author. One of his most famous books, Leading Change, outlines eight errors that cause corporate “change efforts” to fail. How many do you recognise? #1: Complacency In short, the organisation doesn’t create a great enough sense… Read More »Why organisations fail
What is a Servant Leader?
“Scrum Mastery is about servant leadership.” “The best leaders are servant leaders.” We hear statements like this a lot in our agile world. But what does it actually mean? It all started in 1970 with Robert K. Greenleaf’s essay “The Servant as Leader”. What does Servant Leadership mean? Greenleaf says… Read More »What is a Servant Leader?
Our book … now on Amazon
In November 2013, I had the idea of writing a book. The book would be in a Q&A format, based on the questions that attendees had asked us during our Scrum training sessions. We’d been training colleagues within our company, and running public courses at General Assembly, for a number… Read More »Our book … now on Amazon
Scrum – What am I Missing?
“If Scrum is so simple, why is it so hard to apply?” said my client. For me the answer is clear. It’s not Scrum that’s hard to apply, after all as my client stated, it’s actually very simple. No, it’s the bits that the Scrum framework doesn’t prescribe that are… Read More »Scrum – What am I Missing?
“The special one”
In a recent conversation with an “Agile Coach”, the conversation turned to coaching in an organisational setting. The coach said: “It’s my job to tell people that they are doing things wrong, and that they should approach things the way I tell them to… I’m a bit like Jose Mourinho…… Read More »“The special one”
Supervision
As coaches, we sometimes end up ploughing a lone furrow in our attempts to help individuals, teams and organisations to develop and improve. Speaking from experience, this isolation can be a little unnerving and often frustrating. The thoughts that have previously entered my mind include: Am I using the right… Read More »Supervision
New boardroom buzzword
“There’s a new buzzword in the boardroom … agile”. That’s how the latest episode of CEO Guru, by Steve Tappin, on BBC started. Once I’d picked myself off the floor and wiped the tears of laughter away, I plucked up the strength to watch the rest of the 4-minute video.… Read More »New boardroom buzzword