Agile Mindset

Last week I called a technician to repair an electrical shutter that was broken. The technician did a good job in general, but there was one particular thing he did that made me think of him as a [...]

I love this representation by Ahmad Sidky in his talk at Agile NewZeeland 2015, describing the elements of organizational culture and how Agile transformations influence them. Transformations [...]

We are relentlessly expanding our tools set We at AgileSparks help companies create effective, efficient and happy workplaces. We do this by applying Agile and Lean principles. We understand that [...]

When we talk about the benefits of working with small batches we talk about risk reduction, about improving flow and getting quick feedback. I call these reasons “scientific”. I [...]

In his book, “Confessions of a Public Speaker,” Scott Berkun tells us that when speaking, once the lights go out, you have everyone’s attention. Then you need to fight to avoid [...]

Sometimes you need to pack a suitcase. One way of doing it would be to have a list of how many socks, shirts etc. can the suitcase hold, then prepare these items and pack them into the suitcase. [...]

Sometimes it is right there before us and all we need to do is to reach out and take it. Improvement opportunities are there – all we need to do is learn how to identify them and invest the [...]

  Written by Michal Epstein and Yaki Koren At the beginning of a Scrum implementation you usually find two main types of team behaviors. Those who embrace the scrum events (Planning, daily [...]

Lately I had the opportunity and pleasure to facilitate a process of designing cross-functional feature teams in a self-selection process. Self-selection is a facilitated way to let people choose [...]

As  coach I’ve had several opportunities to be involved in the process of big organizations moving from waterfall to agile. You usually start with frowning faces, people coming to meetings [...]