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Getting Started with Your Digital Garden
Learn the basics of maintaining a digital garden and how to use this template.
I am Malcolm Bastien, an expert in Agile Delivery and Organizational Change. I help organizations remove friction and improve flow to enable high-performance delivery at scale.
Learn the basics of maintaining a digital garden and how to use this template.
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An Excel workbook that uses historical throughput to provide probabilistic forecasts for project completion.
A comprehensive directory of non-US tech alternatives to promote digital sovereignty.
Looking at the different kinds of problems teams face.
A look back at what happened in 2025
Tracking what I've done in 2026
How I built the teamflowmapping app.
Expectating leaders to all be expert decision makers is the source of many problems.
Learn the basics of maintaining a digital garden and how to use this template.
How I've configured emacs for the goal of writing
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Learn how to improve planning and reduce delays by managing dependencies effectively.
AI requires the same organizational agility, decentralized decisions, and cultural shift as Agile.
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Focus on behaviors like improvement and collaboration. Practices are secondary.
It's easy to copy the idea of what to do. It's much harder to actually do it.
Agile means adaptability, not rigid practices; focus on outcomes over process compliance.
Some universally applicable guidance for Agile teams I've found helpful.
Foster agility through mindful problem-solving, experimentation and continuous improvement.
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Cross-functional teams good, but avoid super teams; use enabling teams to reduce cognitive load.
Instead of applying one-time fixes, empower teams and manage constraints.
The slides and an overview of a 2021 talk I delivered to an MBA class about Agile
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A short critique of the Microsoft Surface website.
A sketch depicting the difference between digital strategy and UX strategy.
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Although brands can help fill a need and provide relief, they're not real; prioritize real people and quality products.
Kurt Vonnegut's 7 writing tips.
My personal accomplishments in 2011
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Tumblr is evolving from simple blogging platform to social network.
Having only a single window open increases focus but creates discomfort; It takes practice.
Apple's attention to detail wins compared to competitors' feature lists.
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Storytelling is leadership tool.
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