Not so long ago there was a king. And the country of this king had three big problems. Since he was a good king, he wanted to solve those problems. So he asked two of the best advisors in his country to come to his palace.He told these advisors: ‘This country has three problems. I […]
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In Agile improving is important. Improving the product, improving the process, improving the team. But I believe there is one thing also important: improving yourself. In an Agile world, you should be willing to learn and grow. And there are so many options, far more than you would probably think of. So, let me mention
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Do you recognize this? You are not happy about a person, a meeting, or a result. And you complain to someone about it. The answer you get: that’s how Scrum works. OK, most of the time this is not said. But you get an explanation that the person you complain about, is doing their job
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No, don’t worry. I’m not going to write you shouldn’t help anybody. Helping colleagues is important. It helps people grow. It can help them learn. Or it can just make their work sometimes a bit easier. It’s just…. helping, it’s not enough. It’s not everything that is needed. The dangers of helping No equality When
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Every company will have a time where new rules and procedures need to be introduced. And you might be the person to do that. But, probably very often you do this because your manager, consultant, senior colleague, or someone else tells you to. So how do you increase the chance the goal of the rules
