May 21, 2026
The Adaptive Enablement Loop
Shifting Agile from top-down management to an organizational operating system driven by team autonomy and continuous improvement
Topic Archive
Agile
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Feb 11, 2026
SquadView
A custom tool for visualizing the relationships between groups and entities in your organization.
Jan 26, 2026
Burnup Forecaster
An Excel workbook that uses historical throughput to provide probabilistic forecasts for project completion.
Jan 16, 2026
Janky but Effective
Too many organizations strive for high efficiency and order, but often it just worsens outcomes
Jan 16, 2026
Kanban and Pulling Out Agility
Nov 12, 2025
Stop Blaming Teams: See the System
Problems are typically predictable outcomes of flawed organizational systems and project structures
Nov 07, 2025
There's No One Right Way
Learn how to navigate the complexities of Agile practices and make informed decisions that balance trade-offs.
Oct 14, 2025
Better Planning with Two-Sided Dependencies
Learn how to improve planning and reduce delays by managing dependencies effectively.
Oct 08, 2025
Navigating the AI Shift With the Wardley Doctrine
Oct 03, 2025
AI Transformations Are Hard-Agile
AI requires the same organizational agility, decentralized decisions, and cultural shift as Agile.
Sep 29, 2025
Unmasking the Invisible Overhead of Meetings
Sep 06, 2025
Making Work More Human
Aug 17, 2025
Transforming Agile Practices with the Kano Model
Aug 08, 2025
People Are the Heart of Any Practice
Aug 05, 2025
Unbundle the Value
Jun 08, 2025
Just Do Something Different
May 25, 2025
We Don't Know
Sep 30, 2024
Beyond Practices: Behaviours and Goals in Agile
Focus on behaviors like improvement and collaboration. Practices are secondary.
Sep 23, 2024
Achieving Agility Through Strong Mechanics
It's easy to copy the idea of what to do. It's much harder to actually do it.
Sep 16, 2024
The Hidden Costs of Over-Collaboration
Sep 09, 2024
Avoiding Agile Must-Dos
Agile means adaptability, not rigid practices; focus on outcomes over process compliance.
Sep 02, 2024
Making Progress Through Questions
Aug 19, 2024
Drift to Waterfall
Aug 10, 2024
One-Time Efforts
Aug 09, 2024
9 Golden Rules for Agile Teams: Principles to Improve Collaboration
Some universally applicable guidance for Agile teams I've found helpful.
Aug 03, 2024
Avoiding the Practice Trap: Fostering Genuine Agility
Foster agility through mindful problem-solving, experimentation and continuous improvement.
Dec 28, 2023
The Team Dependency Matrix
Dec 21, 2023
Just Enough Kanban
Aug 09, 2023
Don't Write User Stories, Tell Stories
Aug 05, 2023
The Power of Predictable Delivery
Jul 29, 2023
Manage the Value, Not the Work
Jul 25, 2023
Avoiding The Pitfalls of Cross-Functional Super Teams
Cross-functional teams good, but avoid super teams; use enabling teams to reduce cognitive load.
Jul 22, 2023
An Agile Alternative to “Fixing”
Instead of applying one-time fixes, empower teams and manage constraints.
Jul 12, 2023
Where Are The Problems?
Jun 02, 2023
Rethinking Retrospectives
May 29, 2023
Why Work Waits
May 24, 2023
Running, Falling, and the Core of Agile
May 20, 2023
How I Use Scrum to Teach Agility
May 18, 2023
My Agile Sketching Experiment
May 16, 2023
Revisiting the Guidance on Cross-functional Teams
May 10, 2023
2021 Schulich MBA Agile Presentation
The slides and an overview of a 2021 talk I delivered to an MBA class about Agile
May 05, 2023
Making Change Where Change is Possible
May 01, 2023
Empowering Teams Instead of Telling Them What to Do
Apr 27, 2023
Test-Driven Goals: A Scalable and Effective Pattern
Dec 03, 2022
Learning Agile with ChatGPT
Sep 18, 2022
Comparing and Remixing the Gemba Walk
Sep 13, 2022