Agile
Engage in Your Learning
Learning starts from birth; babies learn by using their senses. They learn that when they cry, people pay attention – the beginning of communication. As they grow, they learn to use other senses like eyes […]
Applied business
Agile
‘Sorry, I Was on Mute’ – How COVID Made My Teams to Be More Agile!
Sorry, I was speaking on mute’; ‘I think you are on mute’ – The two most used phrases of 2020 and possibly 2021 too. Our lives were just as normal as it can be. March […]
Agile
Learn Your Own Way: Thoughts on a Journey to Becoming a Certified Agile Coach
If these next few hundred words have any impact on you, I hope it’s this: There is no right way to become a Certified Agile Coach® through Scrum Alliance®. There is only your way. Sure, […]
Agile
Learning is a key capability for adaptive organisations
Uncertainty. Dynamic markets. Radically changing environment. At the latest a year ago, when the first Lockdown started, we all learned the real meaning of these terms. But what makes the difference between companies that were […]
Agile
Developing Complementary Skills
You’re probably reading this magazine because you want to become a better agile coach. That is a noble goal, and you’re certainly in the right place. Yet, I’m here to tell you that you’re focusing […]
Agile
Accelerated Learning
As John Holt said “Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of the learners.” We could add: “It is a choice we make to get better in what […]
Agile
Practice not to be perfect
“Practice to be perfect” is perhaps one of the most used sentences when it comes to learning new skills. And is that always the case? Do we really have to be perfect? The agile way […]
Agile
Gimme back my bullets
There’s a song by Lynyrd Skynrd entitled Gimme Back my Bullets. It came to mind when I was thinking about this post and I thought I’d share that backstory with you. This is a follow-up […]
Applied business
What makes a great team?
Being a part of a team doesn’t mean working together and finishing up tasks and projects. It represents a unity that every single member can count on when it’s hard or share their successes and […]
Agile
Agile coaches need more than coaching skills
I earned my CEC (Certified Enterprise Coach) certification with the Scrum Alliance in 2012. I’d applied in 2011, so it took me about a year to go through the process at the time. If my […]