Scrum Alliance Leadership – Concrete Actions
This post identifies concrete actions. See also: Acceptance Tests and Models for Success.Read More
Scrum Alliance Thought Leadership Workshop
There will be a workshop at Agile 2011 on building ideas for improving thought leadership in the Scrum Alliance.Read More
Agile 2011 Preview – Innovation Games and Strategic Play with Lego
I am heading off to Agile 2011 and I wanted to share why I am really excited to be attending. It’s really all about the power of play.Read More
Product Camp Toronto 2011 – Vignettes
Product Camp Toronto was above all a great networking opportunity since there were lot’s of breaks between sessions for conversation. The day started with people sitting at tables chatting – and boy was there a buzz!Read More
Benjamin Zander on the Art of Possibility
I wanted to share this inspiring video on the art of possibility and how our stance in the world can change everything. Stance is very important for coaching.Read More
Exploring Agile Community Challenges through StrategicPlay® with Lego®
Last weekend, a group of local Agilistas got together for BBQ, drink, and to play with Lego. Well, not just play, but StrategicPlay® – with a purpose. And wow, what a result! The outcome was some deep insights into the Agile community that we’d like to share with you.Read More
Culture of “Good To Great” Companies and Why it Matters
Some years ago, my book of the year was, “Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap … and others don’t” by Jim Collins. It is a research-based exploration of what it takes to turn ordinary companies into great companies.Read More
StrategicPlay® with Lego® SERIOUS PLAY® – Creative, Collaborative Solving of Wicked Problems
StrategicPlay® with Lego® SERIOUS PLAY® is a powerful experiential tool to enhance innovation and business results. This post provides a brief introduction to summarize what I learned when I attended the amazingly good facilitator training with Jacqueline Lloyd Smith last month.Read More
Three Ways to Use Play for Business Results
Play is a profoundly powerful tool for achieving business results. I think of three main ways to accomplish this: Using explicit play to do work, using play for learning, and building people’s play muscles.Read More
Stuart Brown Video on Why Play is Vital
I recently realized that my use of Agile Games for learning and doing work is part of something much more profound: play. This is one way to support the creation of high-performance teams and companies. When work is play, people are engaged and businesses get great results.Read More
Agile – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Screencast
Here is a screencast of my presentation on Agile – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
This is your chance to hear about the Ugly harsh realities, the Bad news and the Good opportunities for Agile. Along with a menagerie of problems, the vast majority of so-called “Agile Coaches” are unconsciously incompetent with respect to adopting and transitioning to Agile and a wider toolkit is called for in many situations. But there’s hope for us all: we can stop the madness by changing our outlook and learn the tools at hand to turn this industry around.
How to Make Your Culture Work with Agile – Screencast
Here is a video primer of the Schneider Culture Model and how Agile, Software Craftsmanship and Kanban fit in. It is recorded in HD so you may want to use full screen and 720p resolution to see all the slides.
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