Over the last couple of weeks, I have delivered keynotes for a banking event, an HR events and I was a guest on a couple of leadership podcasts and I have to admit that I am re-energised and hopeful! There’s hope for humanity in the workplace! There’s swell in the “woke HR/people” movement. There’s mass,…Read More

One of the undeniably best things about our industry (and even if you flinched at the title and the wide brush of “DevOps/Agile” the community’s existence irrespective of the label is undeniable) is the elevated discourse. No matter what we think of LinkedIn and no matter how much we do or do not participate, if…Read More

Yesterday we said we will give you more in the way of tips and ideas on how to think of and act on the difference (and empowering similarities) between “passion” and “engagement”.  In this video, we reiterate why that matters, and why, these terms have to be elevated and brought into the light so we…Read More

Do you know anyone that openly has bad intentions when it comes to work? I’d be very surprised because there aren’t any humans who want to do badly or even any that want their company to do badly. Tired adagio or not, everybody is really invested in bringing their best selves at work. They are. …Read More

Beware, rant coming up. No, your DevOps/Agile transformation isn’t “done” because you got an award. Or because you had your CEO hail it as concluded as they handed some expensive Big 4 some unGodly new contract for “transformation maintenance” (this, sadly, shockingly, is a real thing).   Or because your people are no longer actively…Read More

As promised last week when we paid homage to the people who fight the good fight, this week we’re launching our Interviews with Superheroes (aka Human Debt Fighters) series. We all learn so much easier from storytelling that these voices of people who are living the talk are essential now more than ever.   In…Read More

It doesn’t cease to amaze me how reluctant people are to “speak human” and express any feelings in the business world. We have all spent so long under this cloak of “professionalism” complete with impression management and wooden language, that we have come to be more comfortable in it than when we are when “being…Read More

Someone was asking me how many followers we gain a week. For the Wednesday’ The Future is Agile newsletter? Loads. On here? None, on the contrary, we constantly lose followers. Every time we post. It’s not surprising, after all, we keep serving hard truths and uncomfortable realisations on repeat. It’s little wonder people want it…Read More

Last week I wrote an article for the other newsletter and my inbox exploded with reactions. It was entitled “Let’s Be Honest, Nobody’s Fine” and it spoke about the fact that, while we are all trying our very best, the truth is we are far from recouped and all right following the last few nightmarish…Read More

On a completely different topic today – how are we all? “Fine”? Are we though?  We’re not. No one is fine.  Not as fine as we used to be. We may have super exciting things happening in your lives and we may be super grateful for having survived a global pandemic and those elations may…Read More