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Will AI help or harm our agility?

Everything we see online floods us with the promise and fears of artificial intelligence (AI).  But I have a way to describe what I see when I look at AI.  It’s not a huge technological breakthrough.  It’s also not the end of humanity or our jobs. AI represents

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Capture That Concept In 3 to 4 Words

I’ve spent time reflecting these last few months, but it’s not for a new business idea.  I’m thinking about what I want to leave behind. What can I put out in the world that will help people work and live better? What can help them learn and

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I appreciate Ben Clark on #ThankfulThursday

It’s time for me to reboot a practice I started a while ago and it’s inspired by Ben Clark’s Twitter post. I'm irked by the # of ostensibly smart agile minds who trash each other and argue over inane nuances of the practice. I think it&

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Rally On!

Today marks a sad day but also one more call to collaborate.  Many former Rally Software employees are being let go in Boulder, Denver, Raleigh and other locations.  They include developers, QA, sales engineers, and more.  Rally Software was an amazing place to work and was the turning point of

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Why my Distributed Agile countdown for Agile2018 is 8-3-2-1

I know it’s been quiet on this blog, but much has happened behind the scenes.  In fact, there has been a countdown happening as I prepare for Agile2018 next week. * 8 chapters are now available in the pre-release beta version of my book with Johanna Rothman * 3 podcasts are

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Connect at #Agile2017

Monday is the official start of the Agile2017 conference.  It can be overwhelming to be with over 2500 people, choose from over 200 topics in over 20 tracks.  It can be over–stimulating and, for an introvert like me … exhausting.  So how can you successfully navigate such an event. * Set

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Many Learning Opportunities Outside of Agile2017 (Aug 5 update)

There are many people planning to come to Agile2017.  This year is estimated to be more than 2500 attending.  Others find this conference too expensive.  Unfortunately, that’s true for many of my fellow Florida agilists.  So if you are coming to the conference or if you are in the

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Episode 11: Mark Kilby by AgileThought - a bit of my agile history

A little bit of my agile origin story and advice on how to grow as an agilist now.  (15min) Enjoy! Thanks to @AgileThought for the interview.

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Do you light a fuse or kindling?

This is a different kind of post. It’s more personal and a bit longer. But there is a message for anyone who considers himself or herself a leader, a change agent, or even a follower. Allow me to set some context first. I had two friends pass away within

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What shall we explore at Agile 2016?

Agile2016 starts one month from now.  Here are three things I’m looking forward to: * The new Audacious Salon track (especially Monday and Tuesday morning, 7/25-26) * A gathering of Agile User Group leaders (Tuesday evening, 7/26) * My workshop with David Horowitz on Distributed Communication and Collaboration (Thursday afternoon,

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Thankful Thursday: AgileOrlando, AgileFlorida, DATFlock and more

Over the last week in the USA, there has been a welcome sentiment of gratitude from last Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday to #GivingTuesday. Since I’m involved in a few communities, I just wanted to take a moment to thank those who have helped me support others in 2015. First,

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You're not alone when agile - Find your Podcast community

In early 2014, I switched from being a consultant coach back to an internal coach.  It has given me the unique opportunity to see what it’s like to be on the inside of an organization again.  One thing I was reminded of is this challenge: if you are one

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Agile2015 - Processing day 2

Last time, I covered Day 1 of the Agile 2015 conference. This time, I’ll share hilights for Day 2. Most of this day I spent focusing on my AgileFlorida.com presentation and helping my colleague Sarah with her Rewire your Brain talk. I did find time to hangout in

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Agile2015 - processing day 1

If you have never been to the Agile Alliance conference in the USA, it is an extreme busy event. You will often find you want to be at five sessions at once. Cloning is not an option for registration.  If you didn’t make it this year, there were many

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Answering questions from Driving Value with Agile Teams

This past Tuesday, I had an opportunity to speak to a combined audience from Central Florida IIBA and Agile Orlando.  It was a great session and I hope everyone had as much fun as I did!  Thank you for the opportunity.  If anyone took photos, please let me know so

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Agile2014 - Let's Build a Better Tribe

It’s been 12 days since Agile2014 ended and I’m still struggling to answer the most frequently asked question from colleagues and agile enthusiasts: What happened at Agile2014?  If you are not familiar with the conference, it is THE conference to understand the concepts and trends within agile software

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My advice for attending Agile2014

A new attendee to Agile2014 contacted me and asked me what they should look for in next week’s conference.  Here is my response: 1. pick 2-3 things in each time slot that are interesting for you.  If one is full, you can quickly move to another (think – the Law

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Why 3 Agile2014 Lightning Talk submissions?

Agile2014 is right around the corner (both in time and geography for me).  While my submissions did not get accepted earlier this year, I’m actually somewhat glad.  As some of you know, I’ve made some shifts in my agile coaching and I have some new thoughts to share.

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The 4 R’s of Sustainable Pace

This is a lesson I’ve struggled to capture for over a year.  In that time, I’ve made a few changes both personally and professionally and, when asked why, my answer has typically been “sustainable pace”.  But it was difficult to explain beyond that.  After some time to reflect,

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The first key of successful teams and organizations

For any team or organization I start to coach, I seek out three things that will immediately tell me the group health and if they will be successful at any goals they set.  Those three things are: (1) Vision, (2) Values, and (3) Agreements.  Whether it is a 8-person delivery

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Reflections on Agile2013

I’ve been struggling to summarize the best way to describe what happened at Agile2013.  It’s been 3 weeks now and I’ve come to this conclusion.  With over 1700 participating and 20 tracks, I decided I can’t do it.  It’s almost like the description of space

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Successful agile transformations come in 3's

I’ve been swamped since the Agile2013 conference, but wanted to share an answer to a recent question: “How does Agile and Lean thinking contribute to help organisations become learning organisations?” What is typically behind this question is this: “We’ve been successful with agile on our teams.  Is there

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Agile Orlando reboots - Lean Community Startup

I’m very excited to announce that Agile Orlando will be rebooting on July 23, 2013!  Our goal is to grow knowledge within the Central Florida community on lean and agile project management and software development.  I’d like to share how we started and what we intend to do.