This Is Agile As an Agile coach and trainer, I have had many rewarding Agile experiences working with clients. When something great happens for them, I gain satisfaction from seeing them learn and grow. Today, I was pleasantly surprised to be on the receiving end of a great Agile experience! I had reached out to…
In the fast-paced and dynamic world of marketing, traditional approaches can often fall short in meeting the demands of today’s ever-evolving landscape. Enter Agile— innovative frameworks that have proven to be game-changers for marketing teams seeking to enhance efficiency, responsiveness, and overall effectiveness. In this blog, we’ll explore how cultivating an Agile mindset can revolutionize…
Maybe you’ve spent sleepless nights wondering how to improve your organization, or economic shifts have you worried about the future. One thing’s for certain: You’ve decided it’s time to make a change. Being able to adapt provides an edge over the competition. and expanding your organizational Agility can get you there. The question is: how?…
There is a saying that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” This is meant to highlight the importance of culture, and it couldn’t be closer to the truth. Culture is how an organization behaves, what it tolerates and what it celebrates. Culture is a representation of the people, beliefs and norms that an organization identifies with…
Check out this amazing article from Forbes! “A new study from digital.ai found the adoption of agile has increased from 37% to 86% for software development teams, and adoption has doubled for non-IT groups. Work has become more unpredictable and more volatile, necessitating greater levels of speed and flexibility in the work process and more alignment between and…
When I relocated to North Carolina (NC) from Chicagoland in 2018, people warned me that I had to be prepared for not one but three pollen seasons! Friends who’ve been in the area for decades shared with me that they’ve developed allergies since coming to the area. My own experiences here were strange yet eventually…
When leading training classes or coaching teams and organizations, I often hear the question “what is the role of a manager on an Agile team?” It’s a very good question and there are quite a few misconceptions. To start exploring this topic, let’s begin with what a manager typically does in a traditional environment. We’ll…
Need some material to help convince Leadership to move towards Agile? Cue the superhero music, because we got you covered! While doing my daily research of new and upcoming trends on Agile, I stumbled back upon this oldie (it’s so 2022), but goodie, from Entrepreneur titled “Go Agile or Go Home: Why Agile Workflow Should…
Your Agile journey is important and can sometimes be intricate to maneuver. What do you need to know about Scrum teams to best work with them? What are the differences between Scrum Masters and project managers? How does the Agile mindset differ from Waterfall methodology? Here are some essential details to help you navigate the…
People often come seeking answers to their Agile challenges in my Certified ScrumMaster® classes, and this is a common one… “should I use Scrum or Kanban?” Of course, the answer is it depends, but— depends on what? Let’s have a quick discussion and see if we can clarify. What is the nature of the work…