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Unemployed Agilists: How to Show Your Value to Support What Managers Want, Part 1

Johanna Rothman

Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. So, selling “agile” into the organization doesn’t create any traction for change. You might not like these ideas.

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Create More Management Transparency

Johanna Rothman

In the agile and lean communities, we talk a lot about transparency. This image is the transparency principle we used in From Chaos to Distributed Agile Teams. And, a much more agile organization. What do agile managers do? That includes any interim measures, including cycle time metrics. People Solve Problems.

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Fulfilling the Promise of AI Requires Rethinking the Nature of Work Itself

Harvard Business

This is true both for “on balance sheet” workers and the gig economy. Companies that navigate this tension will be the ones that focus everyone on how to create more value for customers and for the business. Using a systematic approach, create the space for them to experiment. Rethink your efficiency conversations.