Real lessons on teamwork from the Marshmallow Challenge
Ever thought that a marshmallow could teach you a thing or two about building effective teams? Tom Wujec, a designer and innovator, presented a fascinating TED Talk in 2010 whe...
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How To Build Trust And Vulnerability In Teams With The Personal History Exercise
Agile coaches often face the challenge of nurturing trust and openness within teams. The Personal History Exercise, as presented by Patrick Lencioni in “The Five Dysfunctions of...
Why you should know the Ball Point game – and how to facilitate it
Every Agile Coach or Scrum Master should know this game! It’s the standard we use to ease people into the world of iterative development, especially Scrum. You likely played it ...
Are your Daily Scrums wasting your team‘s time?
The Daily Scrum is an often loathed Scrum practice. But it certainly wasn’t invented to waste your team’s time – so what are we missing? Why are some teams not getting value out...
Don‘t ignore the hidden preconditions for Scrum
Are you sure you’re using Scrum correctly? Does your Scrum team fulfill the preconditions? Prerequisites of ScrumWhen it comes to implementing Scrum, people often talk about sp...
Boost Your Emotional IQ Every Day: Why Daily Check-Ins Are Great
Why are emotional check-ins a boost for productivity? Imagine it’s Monday morning, and you’re gearing up for the first video call of the week with your distributed agile team. ...
How to Improve Your Retrospectives in 7 Steps
Retrospectives are the most important event in all of Scrum. That’s not just me saying this, that’s Ken Schwaber, the co-inventor of Scrum. Yet Retrospectives easily turn into p...
Why Your Sprint Retrospectives Fail and How to Make Them Inspire Real Change
Avoid the Pitfalls: Guide to Effective and Efficient Sprint Retrospectives Over two decades of working in agile environments, I’ve witnessed countless sprint retrospectives fal...
How Agile Teams Naturally Progress: Unveil the Power of Tuckman’s Stages
Tuckman's stages of group development help us to coach agile teams at different stages of their development. Access this content with a premium subscription This post is on...
Why You Shouldn’t Assign Team Members to User Stories During Sprint Planning
The Agile Compassby Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, last week we talked about why we can’t seem to let go of “finalizing the plan”. This week we’ll look at a common bad habit th...
Unlocking Innovation and Autonomy: The Critical Role of Psychological Safety in Agile Teams
The Agile Compassby Matthias Orgler Have you ever wondered why some agile teams soar to new heights of innovation and efficiency, while others struggle to find their rhythm? Th...
A sprint review or system demo without stakeholders is useless.
How many times have you seen sprint reviews without stakeholders? I must admit, I have seen this far too often in my life. And it’s a waste of time! Why is it useless? First w...
The simple 7-step guide for awesome Retrospectives ?
Retrospectives often end up as “letting off steam” or “endlessly discussing problems” events. That’s not helpful. Retros should help a team continuously improve! They should fee...
Agile Team Rehearsals: Proven Tactics to Boost Efficiency and Collaboration
““An important success factor for bands are rehearsals and sound checks to deliver a good performance. How do agile project teams “rehearse”?”” This was a wonderful question fr...