I recently had the wonderful opportunity to attend an Open Space Agility Workshop taught by Daniel Mezick. I wanted to provide a synopsis of the ideas from the course, and point out what really resonated with me. Open Space Agility (OSA)[…]
I had the privilege of putting my thoughts on Holacracy and evolutionary, or post-hierarchical organizations together for a talk this week at an executive and organizational development event. I posted the slides on my SlideShare, but I thought I should[…]
I want to share a synopsis of an incredibly powerful book providing a framework and guide for good agile retrospectives. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great (2006) by Esther Derby & Diana Larsen. The book provides a five step process for[…]
After about six months of focused, dedicated listening to the Meta-Cast, an agile podcast hosted by Bob Galen & Josh Anderson I am proud to say that I finally finished all 117 episodes! I started from the beginning early this year,[…]
Frederic Laloux wrote a book in 2014 after three years of academic research and of companies around the globe. As soon as I started at ARCA and realized what an organization built on Holacracy was trying to be, I wanted[…]
I recently shared an update on LinkedIn and Twitter about becoming a signatory of The Manifesto for Agile Organization. Peter Merel and his team at XSCALE Alliance have done something really interesting the arena of scaling Agile. The premise is that[…]
I recently attended a local meetup with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) NC group, led by Mary Thorn and Laura Burke. Mary and Laura facilitated an exercise developed by Dave Snowden at Cognitive Edge. It was a fantastic exercise, and something[…]
At the behest of my perpetually prudent partner in this great journey (my wife), I recently devoured an incredible book on creativity entitled Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. Elizabeth has two TED talks to her name, both of which I included[…]
My time at ARCA is drawing to a close. It has been an incredible experience for me and for those that I work with. I came here as an agile project manager or scrum master, fresh out of the Army.[…]
I wanted to provide some thoughts on how to coach through conflict in a collaborative environment. The Agile Coaching Institute (ACI) provides a few tips during their training courses on how to work with teams in conflict: Take the Right View[…]
