If you have enough agile practitioners in your social network, it’s almost certain that you will notice someone posting an article on team development. In majority of cases, it will be based on research done by Bruce Tuckman in the 1960s. Even if you’ve never heard of him, you surely must have heard of the four phases: forming, storming, norming, and performing. Let’s have a quick overview of them.Read More »Man With a Hammer
Sometime last year, when I still allowed myself to mindlessly surf the web every now and then, I stumbled onto really weird photo. While it’s easier to find something like this than something worthwhile, this one was really odd. It showed, for lack of a better description, a bunch of obese people destroying bathroom scales with baseball bats.Read More »Blissful Ignorance
Is your business, project, or whatever other endeavor you may pursue (say – life) prepared to handle sudden changes in environment around it? Very special… Read More »Fragility (Video)
Typical pattern of becoming Agile – make a decision, decide to try Scrum, fail miserably, return to previous way of working (or reinvent the wheel).… Read More »Failing with Scrum (Video)
The usual scenario for people returning from courses and trainings is as follows: be super excited, try applying new skills instantly, fail miserably, decay into… Read More »Where’s the Fire?
About two weeks ago, during Q&A session following Let’s Manage IT event in Łódź, I was asked a great question – how to measure progress of… Read More »Measuring Agile Transformation
Ever since I started running, my friends encouraged me to participate in competitions. Exactly two years ago, on 9th of April 2016, I did precisely that. Just a 5k run across one of the largest local parks. How hard could it be?
That depends.Read More »Bliss of Failure
Yesterday, I participated in a half-marathon. Many of my friends, relatives, and close ones wished me luck. With all the best intentions they had, their… Read More »Never Wish Luck
I am an avid reader. From quantum physics, via business, to sport psychology – and beyond, if I get my grasp on a book, I’m… Read More »Best Books On Leadership
According to at least a few of wacky internet calendars, last Sunday was World’s Procrastination Day. It’s obvious then, why I put off publishing this… Read More »Step Over Procrastination
If you ever received an instant message or email from me, you know why it’s important to mute your phone notifications before going to bed.… Read More »Downsides of Early Rising
When I get to stage to talk about anything related to Scrum, you can expect me to do a few things. Sometimes I prove that… Read More »Why Scrum Masters Have No Idea What They Do?