Why Psychological Safety Mattered More Than Role Clarity
A well-meant question about ownership can land as blame. See why psychological safety, not role clarity, was the real gap on one team.
Why Every Agile Team Needs a Team Charter
About ten years ago, I was in the middle of moving several of my teams to Scaled Agile when a former coworker, we’ll call her Jen, invited me to see how her new company was rolling out agile across IT. She’d landed at a large office furniture manufacturer with dozens of engineering and IT teams, … Read more
What It Actually Takes to Launch an Agile Release Train
Ten HR teams called themselves agile. Here’s how we defined team boundaries, ran SAFe training, and launched a real Agile Release Train in one quarter.
What Fixing My Own Meeting Notes Taught Me About AI Adoption Readiness
One consultant’s own AI habits became an unplanned test of AI adoption readiness, and a preview of the questions every organization must answer.
When PI Planning Shows You’re Overcommitted, and Leadership Says Go Anyway
What happens when a PI Planning problem-solving session reveals real overcommitment, and leadership doesn’t change the date.