· Agility
What Happened to Agile? And Where Do We Go From Here
Agile demand outstripped supply and the movement lost its soul. A candid assessment of what went wrong and a pragmatic path forward — through principles, not theater.
Fixing Your Agility
The Two Word Check-in - Minimally Viable Daily Meeting
Before status, accountability, and conflict resolution — the daily meeting needs to warm up the social fabric. Why a two-word check-in is the most essential part of any standup or daily Scrum.
To Async or Not to Async
Improving the daily standup isn't always the answer — sometimes people just don't want more synchronous meetings. How to evolve agile ceremonies to balance original intent with the preferences of the people using them.
- · Agile
"Transformed". Yet still the same. An All Too Familiar Agile Story
They formed agile teams. They track stories in JIRA. They do three questions daily. They've "transformed." And yet nothing meaningful has changed. The all-too-familiar gap between agile theater and real product orientation.
‘”OKRs S&%k, but we don’t know anything better” - Scaling Founder Mode by Fixing OKRs’
‘When scaleup leaders say OKRs are broken but can’’t find anything better, the real problem is usually misapplication. How fixing OKRs back to first principles enables the aligned autonomy founder mode can’’t scale without.’
The Fixing OKRs Live Stream Series
A live stream series on diagnosing and fixing broken OKR implementations — covering goal-setting pitfalls, cascade traps, and how to reconnect OKRs to real strategic outcomes.