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What Can You Expect?

What can you expect from engaging with me to create a more ORGANIC culture and become a more ORGANIC leader?

Perfection as a Product Owner

Have you ever been told you're a perfectionist? Is that really common for Product Owners? Is perfection even possible?

A Coach Should Be Compassionately Ruthless

Should a coach push you past your assumed limitations or should they accept you for what you are? Or both?

Ten Easy Ways to Make Your Agile Retrospectives Fun Again!

Re-energise your retrospectives! From changing the location, to introducing some play, to encouraging healthy conflict, these ten tips are easy to action and will bring some fun back into your retrosp

20 Polite Ways To Say "No"

From speaking to many people, it seems that saying "no" is very hard for a lot of us. How can you say no without ruining a relationship?

Agile Leadership isn't about being Agile

I talk about agile leadership a lot but what do I mean by the term? Funnily enough it's more to do with the original definition of the word agile - with a small 'a' rather than agile a capital 'A'

To Lead Is To Accept and Improve

How do we reconcile two positive but conflicting messages about being perfect just as we are but also fulfilling our unlimited potential?

What is the ORGANIC agility® framework?

ORGANIC agility is an evolutionary approach to organisational agility and resilience that has been developed by working with hundreds of companies around the world.

What is the Organisational Scan™?

In order to discover the culture and processes that can lead you to becoming a more resilient organization, you need to start from an understanding of where you are right now.

Asking Permission vs. Inflicting Help

One of the most insightful people I know - Esther Derby - introduced a phrase to me a while ago that really resonated with me - "Inflicting help".

Agile Doesn't Work!

To be agile, or not to be agile...that is the question! While I am a strong advocate of an agile approach, there are also times when the context or project is not suited to agile.

Great ScrumMasters Help Teams SWAT Their Actions

Do you find your team don't follow through on their improvement ideas? Maybe you should help them SWAT their actions

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