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Scrum Would Never Work for Us Here… Or Would It?

March 21, 2025
Many organisations continue to struggle to adopt Scrum successfully as a framework for delivering great products. This post discusses some of the topics that these organisations have struggled with. The irony is that the elements of Scrum that they challenge are the very elements that can help solve their challenges.
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Scrum Is Simple… So Why Is It So Hard?

March 20, 2025
Scrum is described as ‘simple,’ but many teams still struggle. Why? Because simple doesn’t mean easy. Mastering Scrum requires discipline, collaboration, and continuous learning. Explore what ‘simple’ really means in Scrum and how to make it work effectively.
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AI Alerts Can Save a Life—Could It Save Yours Too?

March 20, 2025
AI isn't just a futuristic concept—it’s already saving lives. My colleague Eric experienced this firsthand when his Apple Watch detected an irregular heartbeat, urging him to seek medical help. Before AI, such silent health risks often went unnoticed until it was too late. But today, with powerful machine learning models fueled by massive data, cheaper storage, and advanced processing power, AI is revolutionizing healthcare. From early disease detection to real-time monitoring, it’s changing the game. The question is—are we taking full advantage of it? It’s time to embrace AI for our health and well-being.
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Product Market Fit and Evidence-Based Management, the Perfect Pair

March 20, 2025
What is the Product Owner accountable for? From the Scrum Guide: The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team. The important part to focus on here is - maximizing the value of the product. But how does the Product Owner know that they are really maximizing the value of the Product? Well, that is where Dan Olsen’s Product Market Fit and Evidence-Based Management from Scrunm.org becomes helpful.
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Scrum and Flow: Wie Scrum-Teams von den "3 Ways of DevOps" profitieren können

March 20, 2025
Scrum gibt klare Strukturen vor, aber das Konzept des „Flow“ fehlt—und genau hier setzen die „3 Ways of DevOps“ an. Flow, der reibungslose Fluss von Arbeit, ist entscheidend für die Effizienz und den Erfolg in der Softwareentwicklung. Die drei Wege von DevOps bieten wertvolle Perspektiven, um Bottlenecks zu identifizieren, Feedback-Schleifen zu verstärken und kontinuierliches Lernen zu fördern. Indem Scrum-Teams diese Prinzipien anwenden, können sie nicht nur ihren Flow optimieren, sondern auch ihre gesamte Arbeitsweise verbessern und mehr Wert für den Kunden schaffen. Erfahre in meinem Blog-Post, wie DevOps den Scrum-Prozess bereichern kann und warum Vertrauen und Sicherheit der Schlüssel zu echter Innovation sind.
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AI-Powered Disruption: Turning Hidden Data into Market Opportunity

March 20, 2025
Unlock the transformative power of AI by turning your company's untapped data into groundbreaking market opportunities. This blog delves into how AI goes beyond automation, enabling businesses to reshape industries and create new revenue streams. Discover real-world examples—such as Amazon's predictive shopping and GE's maintenance strategies—that highlight AI's potential. Learn actionable steps to integrate AI into your business strategy, starting with identifying hidden data opportunities and fostering a culture of experimentation. Embrace AI as a strategic asset to gain a competitive edge in today's rapidly evolving landscape.
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Scrum in der Wirtschaft: Zwischen Buzzword-Bingo und echtem Mehrwert

March 19, 2025
Scrum als Phrase ohne Substanz Oft wird Scrum nur oberflächlich eingeführt: Meetings heißen plötzlich „Daily Scrum“, klassische Projektzyklen werden zu „Sprints“ umbenannt – aber inhaltlich bleibt alles beim Alten. Die Erwartung: Agilität soll die Geschwindigkeit und Effizienz steigern. Doch ohne eine echte Veränderung der Unternehmenskultur und Arbeitsweise bleibt Scrum ein leeres Versprechen.
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The Hidden Test: Integrity, AI, and the Future of Leadership

March 18, 2025
Integrity isn’t tested under scrutiny—it’s tested in the quiet moments when no one is watching. In the corporate world, small ethical lapses can snowball into major scandals, and AI only amplifies these biases. From hiring discrimination to deepfake fraud, AI learns from human decisions, mirroring both strengths and blind spots. Leaders must take responsibility by auditing AI, ensuring transparency, and fostering ethical decision-making. The future of AI depends on the integrity we model today. Will you lead with ethics—or let bias dictate the future?
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Scrum Masters Should Be Willing to Get Fired

March 17, 2025
A Scrum Master's pitfall is getting too attached to their role. They no longer address impediments because they fear losing their freelance assignment or permanent role and negatively impacting their career. In this blog post, I share why they should be willing to get fired.
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You'll Hate the Daily Scrum Until You Love It

March 17, 2025
At the end of our first Sprint, during the Retrospective, someone pointed out that the Daily Scrum alone would add over 250 meetings a year. It felt excessive. We were already frustrated with too many meetings, so why would we willingly add more? But as we kept going, something changed. We started seeing the benefits—not just in theory, but in practice.
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The AI Gold Rush: The FOMO Trap

March 17, 2025
The AI Gold Rush: Are You Falling for the FOMO Trap? Everywhere you look, companies are bragging about their AI breakthroughs. Your competitors are “going all in.” Your LinkedIn feed is flooded with AI success stories. And now, you’re wondering—are we falling behind? Here’s the truth: AI isn’t a strategy. It’s just a tool. Rushing in without a clear plan can lead to wasted resources, frustrated teams, and a whole lot of chaos. The real winners? They’re not just following the hype. They’re strategically leveraging AI to create value, optimize operations, and gain a competitive edge. So, are you leading the AI revolution—or just chasing the trend? Don’t get left behind. Read more 👇
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The Empathetic Leadership - Part 3

March 16, 2025
This blog continues the earlier blog series on Empathetic Leadership. Empathy is a powerful leadership trait, but being an empathetic leader isn't always easy or appreciated. Here are some soft truths and hard facts that empathetic leaders often face.
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AQAL - A Framework for Agile Leaders

March 13, 2025
If you have come across the book Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux you would know that there are many different ways an organization can be structured. Similarly, there are many different ways how leaders act in these differently structured organizations. When there is an Agile Transformation happening in an organization, the status quo in the organization is challenged.  The answer often to this is to make teams adopt agile practices, method,s or frameworks but the leadership, management and rest of the organization stays in its own existing structures. Such Agile transformations often do not work. Reason being, true agile transformation requires a fundamental mindset shift not only in how we develop the products but also how we lead and manage the organization.
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AI and Humans: The Ultimate Collaboration

March 13, 2025
What Happens When AI and a Doctor Work as a Team? Dr. Mehta, a seasoned radiologist, has a new assistant—an AI system that analyzes medical scans in seconds. But can AI truly match a doctor’s intuition? What happens when AI gets it wrong? And what about when AI catches something the doctor misses? This blog dives into a fascinating, real-world partnership where AI and humans don’t compete—they complement each other. The result? Faster diagnoses, better patient care, and more time for what truly matters. Curious to see how AI is changing the game? Let’s get started.
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Sprint Reviews: Time Waster or Real Highlight? 6+ Creative Ideas Your Participants Will Love 🚀

March 11, 2025
The Sprint Review – one of the most central and exciting events in an agile team, right? Well, theoretically. In practice, many people find it boring, ineffective, or just a mandatory event. Many Scrum Teams stumble over common pitfalls and miss the chance to create real engagement. But it doesn’t have to be this way! A well-run Sprint Review can inspire, unleash energy, be truly enjoyable, and provide a platform for valuable, product-related feedback. Here are 6+ ideas on how to make your Sprint Review a real highlight that excites everyone!
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The Game-Changing Power of Purpose

March 11, 2025
Success without purpose is like running on a treadmill—you’re moving, but not getting anywhere. Blockbuster ignored purpose and lost to Netflix. BlackBerry missed the bigger picture, while Apple stayed true to its mission. Clayton Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life? warns leaders against chasing short-term wins at the cost of long-term fulfillment. Whether in personal leadership, product development, or organizations, a clear purpose provides focus, flexibility, and fulfillment. It’s not just about winning—it’s about building something meaningful. Are you leading with purpose or just reacting?
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Can AI Generate High-Quality Code?

March 10, 2025
Can AI generate high-quality code that is extensible, maintainable, and scalable? This experiment was a simple test to first evaluate the quality of AI-generated code for a basic kata against technical excellence principles—assessing its structure, modularity, and maintainability. Next, AI was prompted to apply a Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach to see if it could improve the quality with a software craftsmanship mindset and principles. The findings were insightful, revealing interesting patterns in how AI approaches structure, testing, and iterative development.

La ruta de Producto muestra como el Product Backlog entrega valor

March 9, 2025
Una ruta de producto (Roadmap) es una vista del Product Backlog que permite expresar como se va a entregar valor en el tiempo y lograr los objetivos de producto y de negocio a través de la entrega de producto. La ruta de producto no es una promesa de fechas de entrega, al contrario son posibilidades o una proyección que se va adaptando conforme se aprende de los clientes en cada Sprint. A continuación algunas recomendaciones para lograr Rutas de Producto valiosas:
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The Empathetic Leadership - Part 2

March 6, 2025
While empathy is a critical leadership skill, many leaders struggle to practice it consistently. Several psychological, organizational, and systemic barriers make it difficult for leaders to be truly empathetic toward their teams.
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Scrum ist kein Selbstläufer - Scrum schafft nur den Rahmen für kontinuierliche Verbesserung

March 6, 2025
Scrum bietet nicht die fertige Lösung, sondern den Rahmen für kontinuierliche Verbesserung. Viele Teams glauben, dass sie automatisch erfolgreicher werden, sobald sie die Scrum-Regeln verstehen und anwenden. Doch die wahre Stärke von Scrum zeigt sich erst, wenn Teams aktiv den Inspect & Adapt-Zyklus leben. Transparenz, Überprüfung, Anpassung – diese Säulen sind entscheidend. Aber der wahre Unterschied wird durch die Fähigkeit eines Scrum Masters gemacht, das Team zu beobachten, Muster zu erkennen und gezielte Anpassungen anzuregen. Der Impact eines guten Scrum Masters ist enorm: Er fördert nicht nur regelmäßige Verbesserungen, sondern entwickelt auch eine Kultur der kontinuierlichen Optimierung. Wenn Teams lernen, gemeinsam zu reflektieren und zu adaptieren, schaffen sie die Basis für nachhaltigen Erfolg und echte Zusammenarbeit. Mehr darüber, wie Scrum und ein engagierter Scrum Master zum Erfolg führen, in meinem Blog-Post!
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The anti-patterns of a Product Owner

March 6, 2025
A Product Owner is an important accountability when it comes to creating Valuable products. However, a Scrum Team may not always have a Valuable Product Owner. What I mean is, if the person performing the accountability of Product Owner is not well versed or executes their responsibilities poorly then it leads to a lot of challenges and eventually can lead to failure of the Product.  Here are a few anti-patterns that I have experienced and observed with Product Owners. Hope, this will give you some ideas to identify and break the anti-patterns to make the Product Owners effective.
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Product Backlog Management with Upstream Kanban – From Chaos to Clarity

March 3, 2025
Product Backlog Management is challenging. Imagine you’re a Product Owner with a backlog of 300+ items. Stakeholders keep adding requests, developers feel lost in prioritisation, and every refinement session is a painful, drawn-out discussion. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. If you have ever thought, ‘There must be a better way!’ - in this article I will present Upstream Kanban as one of them.