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An Example Agile Coaching Conversation

November 12th, 2018|

Initiating a Coaching Interaction Imagine that a manager comes to you and asks: Manager: “could you teach my team how to use planning poker?” It may be that there is

Upcoming Events

October 17th, 2018|

I've got a number of events coming up! Tonight I'll be at the Kendal Square Agilists doing a talk/large game on "Scaling Agile Organically." You can learn more and register

Agile Games!

October 17th, 2018|

Over the past couple of years, and even more so lately, Gillian and I have been creating lots of Agile games, including user story games and games that teach Agile

What Does an Agile Coach Do All Day? Part 1

October 17th, 2018|

Understanding active listening, emotional intelligence, facilitation and a host of other coaching skills is great, but what does an Agile Coach actually do on a day to day basis? How

Switching Focus to Agile Coaching

October 12th, 2018|

After a long hiatus on this blog, I'll be switching the focus from DIY to Agile Coaching. That said, the essence of providing information for the Agile DIY'er will remain,

Advanced Agile Coaching

May 28th, 2017|

This post assumes that you are already familiar with Agile Coaching as described in Lyssa Adkin's Coaching Agile Teams, taking an ICAgile ICP-ACC class, or having read the Agile Coach Basics mini-book on this blog.

Agile is a Game

March 2nd, 2012|

While attending a presentation at Agile New England last night on “Gamestorming” by Todd Lombardo I was reminded that Agile is a game. That may seem a bit uncomfortable for

Announcing Valtivity!

February 26th, 2012|

You may have noticed that I haven't been very active here in a while. Over the last year I've been spending more time doing Agile presentations than blogging. Well, that's

One Piece Flow

February 26th, 2012|

One piece flow is a concept from Lean and is the key to succeeding with Agile. One piece flow is exactly what is done when producing a hotfix. The only

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