Author: Malcolm Bastien
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My AI Learning Journey
Learning the foundations Starting with an understanding of how LLMs worked was important for me, and this led to an intensive few days, consuming multiple YouTube playlists on topics including: YouTube Channels Here are the specific channels and playlists I learned from. After watching all these videos and reading numerous other articles online, I transcribed…
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Just Do Something Different
When we talk about agile ways of working, we often emphasize the importance of continuous improvement. Frameworks like Scrum and lean/agile methods, such as A3 thinking and Toyota Kata, provide teams with techniques to implement evolutionary and hypothesis-driven change. While these are all valuable tools, sometimes, the focus on process and planning introduces friction and…
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We Don’t Know
In software development projects, I constantly see teams spend significant time convincing and trying to give managers the impression that all the project’s variables are known and under control. Even though most of the teams I work with are called “Agile,” they’re assigned to work on waterfall projects and told to deliver a fixed scope…
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Beyond Practices: Behaviours and Goals in Agile
Agile Coaches often work with teams and organizations deeply entrenched in the frameworks and practices that have become synonymous with Agile. One way Agile Coaches can help improve performance at these organizations is by introducing a different perspective about how those frameworks and practices, while once useful, might now be holding them back. The Practice…
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Achieving Agility Through Strong Mechanics
I watched a StarCraft stream last month, and the streamer, a popular StarCraft caster, said to his audience: “Strategies are easier to replicate than mechanics.” He expanded and explained how professional StarCraft players don’t need strategies to beat weaker players because their mechanics are so strong. I thought about how this idea could apply to…
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The Hidden Costs of Over-Collaboration
In the wake of Agile’s success and the benefits it offers organizations to help them achieve faster delivery, happier customers, and more engaged teams, “Collaboration” has become a buzzword. However, the way I see most teams practice collaboration is not in the sense of collaborating with customers; their focus is on the internal collaboration necessary…
Flow Focused 