800 teams , more than 100 organizations that I have coached to build an Agile culture and practices, but a peculiar thing that I have …
Is ‘Agile’ a substitute for your messy culture?
The various hats of a Scrum Master
Process Champion, Facilitator, Buddy, Coach, Mentor, Ear to listen to, Shoulder to cry upon, The friend you can confess with, The non-judgmental listening box, the …
The $101 experiment!
The world around us has changed a lot in last 365 days. The way we connect, the way we meet, the way we talk, the …
Is being free and open a sin or a responsibility?
If you have seen the NetFlix documentary, Wild Wild Country on Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh (or Osho, as he was called in later years), or have …
Your best chance to be an Outlier!
We all have been to a zoo once in our lifetime, sometimes as a child, some times accompanying our children. Do you remember that excitement …
The Origin of Conflict!
Nah! I am not going into the boring old topic of conflict management here. umm, there has been enough said about it. Actually, this came …
What do I do in lockdown?
It’s May.. and most of us have been locked down since almost 60 days. Everytime we think it will open, the number of cases rise …
Handovers are costly, but do we learn our lessons?
With the arrest of Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, the famed Singh brothers of Ranbaxy, the all too familiar story in the Indian conglomerates is …
Corner room Churn: Burnout on the Hamster wheel!
The pressure is growing… The results are frustrating… Stakeholder expectations are mounting… Easy way out… Quit ! As per a data collected from nseinfobase.com and analysed by …
Certified ScrumMaster/ Certified Agile Coach – an achievement or a beginning ?
In Japan, the April – May season is synonymous with the beautiful beginning of Spring. The Sakura flowers cover the ground, trees and just about …
So,What is Agile Really?
So, you have been confused, what to call Agile ? Is it a process, a framework, a methodology or may be something beyond all of …
Agile: It’s about a matter of choice
I vividly remember that December of 2003. Sitting down with team from my employers and IJI (Ivar Jacobson International), we were discussing on how we …