MY STORIES 

It's time to address the 'elephant in the room' Agile is based on empiricism which is evidence and fact based So is science and medicine. Negative and positive findings are both critical for success. Lets not be afraid of this question. Lets have the confidence to address and own it It is time to change the agility game. Stay tuned for more!

Ensuring success for large scale teams When teams scale to >250 people in size staying on top of everything becomes complex. What is everyone working on? Is the work to be done aligned to corporate vision and strategy? Does everyone understand how they 'fit' from a value perspective and their role? Are we working on things of the highest value? Are we delivering value or outputs? In my experience, an obeya is the best way to understand the answers to these questions. W

What can we learn from blended families on how to run large teams successfully? I met, my now husband, in 2010 via online dating, 4 years post divorce. I had two young children and he had 3 young children at the time. It was never my plan to partner with a man with so many children, but i liked him and life never works out as you think it will. We eventually moved in together, the 7 of us and immediately we both became step parents as well as parents and today, we are supe

How are you tracking? How do you know? Watermelons are my favorite fruit! Being Irish, I obviously didn't grow up eating watermelons. In fact, I didn't even know that such a fruit existed! The Irish weather would only allow me to indulge in apples, pears, strawberries and something called gooseberries. A lot of gooseberries, although I am not sure if Australians have heard of gooseberries. That is OK, you are not missing out! So when I moved to Australia, I loved going groc

It's summer holidays, the weather is great. We are still hanging close to home, which means most nights are tv nights. This is a recent hobby in my life, and it would seem, after spending most of my life, not fussed about tv, I have become a tv addict with covid lockdowns. As they say, never say never, as you just don’t know what life will throw your way. We now have an obscenely large tv [choosing a tv is firmly a male decision in our household] and we also have every possi

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