Agile CoachingChange managementContinuous ImprovementCulture and collaborationFeature postSpecial edition

NYEPI – A Day of Silence

A few days ago, my friend Caro, who is my writing coach, sent me a Whatsapp message: “Julia, we need to postpone our session which was planned on March the 7th. It is Nyepi in Bali, the Day of Silence.” And suddenly, a memory comes to my mind. In March …

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Agile Know-How MagazineAgile transitionChange managementContinuous ImprovementCulture and collaborationFeature postLeadership (EN)Management and leadershipOrganizational transitionTeams

Heroes Are Among Us

Heroes are rare gems, references, key players, people who absolutely need to be there. They are linked to projects that do not start without them. Impossible to change something without their approval, they are essential to the proper operation of the business; their knowledge is guarded and sought after. In …

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Agile Lean IT processAgile transformationChange managementContinuous ImprovementCulture and collaborationScrum

That’s not Agile, that’s Lean…

At a recent Agile meetup, while discussing how human resources could best serve the needs of their Agile teams, I offered some people the opinion that HR should seek to hire people who lived by the values and principles of an Agile organization. I went so far as to offer …

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Continuous ImprovementCulture and collaborationFeature postScrum MasterTeam facilitation

Scrummastering: 3 ways to create room for team improvement

Something I have learned over the years that I have been practicing Agile, is the importance of installing/building a continuous improvement mindset. People and organizations willing to try new things learn by experimenting and take actions to improve. Why even consider it, and under which circumstances? Today’s world is faster …

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Continuous ImprovementCulture and collaborationProduct delivery

Just Do It!

The Value of Having a (Minimum Viable) Product As most of you know, I conduct my training and coaching practice across a broad spectrum of Agile practices including the Scrum Framework for risky projects, People values and leadership at the higher levels of the organization and of course, Lean or …

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Agile CoachingContinuous ImprovementCulture and collaborationLeadership (EN)Management and leadershipTeam facilitation

Storming stories: stakeholders and feedback

Once upon a time, Sara, a #LetUsBe team stakeholder and Bob the members manager, went to participate to the #LetUsBe Agile-Scrum team’s sprint review ceremony. Shana, the #ScrumMaster of the #LetUsBe team, started the ceremony by providing participants with some guidance about the meeting: The sprint review is there to …

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Continuous Improvement

7 secrets about keeping habits

At the beginning of 2018, I said to myself: “What if I tried to write something new (for the blog or for my second workbook) every other week? To help myself do it, I set up a reminder in my digital calendar that sends me an email alert every other …

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Change managementContinuous ImprovementOperations

The Story of Simple C.I.

Simple Continuous Improvement, or Simple C.I., is a technique which I developed and now teach as a simple, repeatable process for solving problems within an organization. Here is my story on how the concept was developed: While working as a Continuous Improvement and Process Specialist for a leading Telecommunications company, …

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