The Everyday Agilist asks “Can Agile help us cope with increases to the minimum wage?”
Employers in Ontario spent much of 2017 watching and waiting to see what would happen with proposed legislated increases to the minimum wage. The question is no longer if the rate will rise from its current rate of $11.40 to $15.00 per hour. That decision having been made, the appropriate …
The Importance of Requirements Management
The concept of “Agile Development” can have different meanings depending on who you are asking. For some, it is about adopting a more pragmatic delivery approach and departing from traditional rigorous planning. For others, it is more about a rigour of a different kind that is implemented to tackle the …
How to unleash the leaders around you
Co-creative leadership In my last post, I introduced you to the five key skills of a co-creative leader. I also went into more detail around the skill of being a voice among many in the conversation. This article is the second in a series on co-creative leadership. In it, we …
Meet our authors
Behind Agile Know-How, there is a team of passionate authors who share their vision and experience on a variety of Agile topics. We wish to emphasize their excellent work. 2017 has been an extraordinary year for Agile Know-How, which has seen a sharp rise in traffic. For 2018, we want …
An Invitation into a generative inquiry about an agile, participatory “Agile”
In Agile, we want to support adaptive, responsive, self-organizing, and evolutionary methods. We aim for open communication with transparency and involvement among all stakeholders; and we want our artifacts to reflect our values at all levels. The benefits are often astounding and transformative. Yet we also know that the road …
A conversation about active listening in coaching
Last week, Louise Kold-Taylor and Steffan Surdek were in our offices at Pyxis working on the new coaching course they are building together. I noticed how much fun they were having and decided it could be fun to go pick their brains a bit. I went to sit with them for …
The Everyday Agilist asks “What about the Product Owner?”
While I would love to take credit for this question, it actually came from a client. After attending our Agile for Operations course to learn more about Agile practice in a Lean Operations environment, this is exactly what this client asked. It was an especially pertinent question considering we had …
The tools of Management 3.0
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Management 3.0 training hosted by Steffan Surdek, one of my colleagues at Pyxis. Steffan is the founder of Pyxis Cultures and also an expert in corporate leadership development. So the concepts of the Management 3.0 course have recently appeared in my team …
How to be a voice among many in a conversation
This article was initially published on Forbes.com. Co-creative leadership I talk and write a lot about co-creative leadership these days. When people ask me to name the key traits of a co-creative leader, I usually list the following five skills: Being a voice among many in the conversation. Unleashing the …
Being a facilitator…
Today, I would like to tell you what facilitation means to me. It’s a concept that I really like because its main concern is foremost human beings in the workplace. I am a facilitator because I like to support people, help them consider other perspectives, and make them feel happy …