If you want to help your people understand Scrum, resist the temptation to give them a book — instead, spend time discussing what you all stand to gain from adopting the framework. — Taking a driver’s ed exam? Better get a book of traffic rules. Want to learn a new language? Don’t forget a grammar book. It makes sense to refer to written-down knowledge if you want to learn to do something new. …

“True leaders” are for cults; Scrum Masters should continue prioritising servant-leadership and leave the labeling to others — In describing the Scrum Master, the 2020 Scrum Guide swaps out the term “servant-leader” for the label “true leader”. I think Scrum Masters should stay clear of assigning themselves that new moniker and keep aspiring to servant-leadership. Here’s why. Small change, big word

Having previously been exposed to practices of agility through your work, on the pandemic-induced level playing field of distributed collaboration, you have a key advantage: as a PO, developer, analyst, tester, you already know that change is a given, and you’ve got the tools to iteratively deal with it. …

What does a live webinar look like from the perspective of the facilitator? Hosting half a dozen different webinars in rapid succession has allowed me to inspect and adapt my set-up for facilitating live events. I’ve found that the smooth hosting of live webinars benefits greatly from well-arranged desktop space…