An Agile Coach’s job is to help teams grow and enhance their effectiveness. Rather than push practices, give answers, or do the team’s work for them, coaches can help teams increase their effectiveness by paying attention to the quality of conversations and the flow of information in their work. Two ways Agile Coaches can improve…

As an Agile Coach, people occasionally ask me for help introducing agile to their teams. When asked these questions in the past, the approach I used to take was to dive deeper into the team’s intent and goals. Instead of pushing practices or tools, I would ask them what they were trying to achieve with…

In my time working with different teams and organizations, I’ve found myself repeating certain lessons that have proven consistently effective at helping improve how teams work together. I’ve started calling these my “Golden Rules.” These are principles that I teach to the teams and leaders I coach and that I also try to follow in…

When someone asks me to define Agile, I often say it’s about moving forward even when you don’t have all the answers and instead embracing uncertainty and learning as you go. However, I’ve seen in the large organizations I’ve worked with struggle with this concept. Even if organizations want to be agile, they’re deeply programmed…

When organizations strive for agility, they often fall into the trap of adopting numerous agile terms and practices associated with popular frameworks like Scrum. While this approach generates a lot of internal activity, it often fails to translate into actual agility. In my experience, labelling and promoting certain practices as ‘Agile’ or ‘Important’ can be…