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As highlighted in this Harvard Business Review, something discussed in Malcom Gladwell's book "Outliers" is that in certain cultures (he speaks of country culture), disasters often happen because of a rigid heirarchical structure that prevents (out of fear) a subordinate from correcting or directly and honestly directing someone who out ranks them, with often disasterous results. In one example, a first officer on a Korean Air Lines plane tried to, politely tell the captain they were about to crash into a side of a mountain, but was so afraid and trained by his culture, that he did not dare. (source: https://www.reservations.com/blog/resources/power-distance-index/) This often happens with challenged/failed Agile Transformations. Google did some groundbreaking research several years ago and found the ONLY common thread for their best teams was "psychological safety" the idea that team members could mention anything to anyone regardless of rank, without f...

Kill the Product Backlog – An Essay (guest blogger Dan Greenberg)   Agile (a set of values and principles) and Scrum (a tangible set of roles, artifacts, and events) each aim to eliminate wasted time and make work simpler, more enjoyable, and more effective. Yet, in many cases, when I walk into environments that have undergone Agile transformations or Scrum adoptions, I get a vibe that "this Agile thing" or "this Scrum thing" has added a whole bunch of work and overhead that didn't use to have to be done. There are off-the-record complaints that people used to be able to just come in and do work and now they have to update Jira, sit through brutal release planning sessions, report velocity, attend ten million status meetings, and prepare for terrifying demos. Upon reflection, most of that has to do with someone's obsession with this thing called the Product Backlog, a term that I'm starting to wish the Scrum Guide had left out. Here is...

If you don't buy Geoff Watts' ( Geoff Watts ) new book "Team Mastery" you are REALLY missing out! I have lots of books and other materials on Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Organizational Transformation, Coaching (Lyssa Adkins  Lyssa Adkins - she/her !), etc. But THIS is the FIRST book I have seen that focuses on creating great, mature teams! Nice work Geoff! GO buy his book!! https://lnkd.in/gt_e-gF

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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan

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