The recent response to the COVID-19 outbreak from many global companies is to mandate working from home for their employees as a means of limiting the spread of this contagion in what is called social distancing. At the time of[…]
I am a Certified Team Coach (CTC), one of the Certified Agile Coach designations within the Scrum Alliance. I am a guide for organizations using Scrum to improve their work. This is the opening of my LinkedIn summary. I crafted[…]
The goal of the firm, as put forth by many business schools that still ascribe to the Friedman Doctrine lauded by Michael Porter and the like in the 1980s, is to maximize short-term stakeholder value. This is “the biggest idea[…]
I had a chance to do a Market of Skills for myself, at the request of a team that I was working with recently. I have taken dozens of team through this exercise, but this was the first time they[…]
I came across this image a few weeks ago. Forgive me for not recalling the source. It is a suggested book list for learning more in each slice of the Agile Coaching Competency Framework developed by the Agile Coaching Institute[…]
Just this week I had a great opportunity to collaborate with some of my agile coach peers on a lighting talk event. A handful of us got together and presented nine topics in 45 minutes, 5 minutes for each presenter.[…]
Since I began my career as an agile coach, I have been on an incredible journey of development, both personal and professional. A few years ago, a mentor of mine suggested I identify some key areas that I would like[…]
I was honored to be asked by the TriAgile 2018 planning committee to facilitate a World Cafe event at the end of the conference. I meant to get to this post sooner, but I am glad I waited because I just[…]
(This post was updated September 2019) I have had a few folks (clients, friends, and family) reach out to me lately asking for how to get started learning about Agile. Certainly, getting formal training from a public class is on[…]
If you have been following along on my posts, you will remember that facilitation is a passion for me. It may quite possibly be my favorite part of what I do working teams and organizations. A particular skillset or area[…]
