Making sense of agility, scaling, OKRs, product operating models, and leadership — written from 15+ years in the field.
An audio series for product and technology leaders who want concrete steps toward becoming an empowered product organization — without the slide decks and theory-heavy frameworks.
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Show me your review sessions and I can tell you if you're a feature factory or a product lab. How to shift product reviews from backlogs and deliverables to outcomes, leading indicators, and strategic traction.
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The agile theater doom loop: compliance without outcomes, ceremonies without learning, metrics without meaning. How to break the loop and build strategic agility flywheels instead.
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Biotech R&D organizations applying agile principles: what they get right about empiricism that software teams lose sight of, and what cross-pollination looks like in practice.
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Is SAFe good? Is SAFe agile? As both a SAFe Fellow and a Professional Scrum Trainer, I get to argue both sides honestly. A balanced look at why SAFe is popular, where the criticism lands, and the controversies around the Scrum Master and product owner roles.
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Most transformation programs fail not because people resist change, but because they're managed like projects rather than learning systems. A diagnostic look at why — and what principled transformation looks like instead.
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