John Coleman – Value Glide

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Leadership-John Coleman: How to avoid agility being a team sport

“Let’s explore the unintended consequences of expecting teams to be agile when we haven’t cultivated the right environment. Instead of buying “agility in a box,” what can we do to foster the growth of authentic, sustainable organizational agility? Part of the answer might be in improving executive agility. Glacial evolution at the executive level often […]

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So, what is value, really?

If people optimize value or maximize value, it would be nice to understand what value is. The dictionary definition is open to interpretation. I’d like us to be a little clearer for agility. Let’s talk about what value is not: inputs such as budget, people allocation/assignment things to do that contribute to the creation of value also […]

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2020 Scrum Guide – addition of commitments to the artifacts

The words “commit” and “commitment” feature prominently in the 2020 Scrum Guide, and it’s not just about the artifacts. “The Scrum Team commits to achieving its goals and to supporting each other… when the Scrum Team and the people they work with embody these values, the empirical Scrum pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation come to life building trust.” […]

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Client progress one year after Professional Scrum with Kanban workshop

I often wonder about the Trustpilot reviews straight after a workshop. Did I entertain? Did I perform? Were attendees satisfied? Are attendees inspired? It matters. I just think it matters more if the workshop made a difference to the work lives of attendees. I can’t take credit. The client does the hard yards. So I […]

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Light bulb moments – workshops by Haydn Shaughnessy & Fin Goulding (FlowAcademy)

The Flow framework from Flow Academy is a creation from Fin Goulding and Haydn Shaughnessy. There are two books on it (Shaughnessy and Goulding, 2019), (Shaughnessy and Goulding, 2018). Fin Goulding gives a testimonial on the back of Mik Kersten’s from Project to Product book (Kersten, 2018), where Kersten’s Flow framework is featured. Mik Kersten’ […]

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How to measure success? Is it even possible?

How to measure success? Is it even possible? Just to set the scene, I haven’t figured this out yet. I can tell you my story, in all its ugliness. It’s based on a real story, but it’s changed significantly from reality to protect the innocent. I hope you still find my account useful. I worked […]

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For those who use Scrum, here is a two-pager with hints and links…

For those who use Scrum, here is a two-pager of Scrum hints and links. I hope you find the two-pager useful… If you have more useful hints and links, please submit your ideas in the comments, thank you. Here is a snapshot of the header for the two-page PDF download. Connect with Value Glide! Are you looking […]

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21st century executive leadership

For executives and for change agents who deal with executives in large contexts … A number of people inside and outside Scrum.org collaborated with me in 2018 and early 2019, to talk about 21st-century executive leadership. Some people contributed independently, some built on work I had been doing since 2015, some of us leveraged the work of Ron Eringa […]

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Introducing Kanban for Complexity™ (Kanplexity™)

Background Some teams of knowledge workers (En.wikipedia.org, 2019) work primarily on complex problems. Scrum operates in the complex problem domain, so it can be a natural choice. Picture this context Single team Scrum is in use by many teams of different initiatives Having genuinely tried, some teams are unable to use Scrum, as they cannot […]