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National Rip On Your Boss Day!
As part of the leadership series that I started on my YouTube Channel and will be continuing with a new video today, I’d like to propose...
Tom Bellinson
3 min read


To Mid-sized Companies: Join the Agile Revolution (already in progress)
I’m not looking for a job, but I like to look at the job boards on sites like Indeed to see who is hiring agile coaches and scum masters....
Tom Bellinson
2 min read


It Takes Courageous Leaders to Upgrade Their Whole Company
This topic strikes at the heart of my passion. Please indulge me with some background before I come to the point. I guarantee it will be...
Tom Bellinson
3 min read


Constructive Feedback is a Hard But Essential Part of Being an Agile Team Member
Have you ever had a teammate that was doing something that was bugging you? If you answered “no” to that question, you haven’t worked on...
Tom Bellinson
4 min read


Death to Paternalism!
If you have read my other posts on LinkedIn, you know that I usually write about topics related to agile practices or organizational...
Tom Bellinson
3 min read


Skipping Retrospectives: It's Okay Sometimes
If you’re on an agile team, you undoubtedly participate in regularly scheduled retrospectives (or retros). Scrum™ practices teach us to...
Tom Bellinson
2 min read


Agile is Dead! Long Live Agility!
Recently, Capital One has jettisoned 1100 members of their agile team. At the same time, Marty Cagan, a powerful voice in the software...
Tom Bellinson
2 min read


How Your Team Can Help Your Career
Most agile principles and practices deal with teams. It is a foregone conclusion that strong teams are central to progressing along your...
Tom Bellinson
2 min read


When the Low-Hanging Fruit is Picked...Disrupt!
I’ve been on more than a few agile teams. If I’m doing my job as an agile coach or scrum master, eventually the team (assuming it is...
Tom Bellinson
2 min read


Agile Practice is the Tool - Customer Value Delivery is the Thing
As someone who embraces agile principles and strives to be a good steward of the types of practices they evoke, I need to change my...
Tom Bellinson
2 min read


Fear: The Agile Journey Killer
In most organizations, there is at least some undertone of fear. Fear is particularly nasty when it comes to agile journeys. We can take...
Tom Bellinson
2 min read


SAFe Shenanigans
Most of the agile coaches I know are not big fans of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). The standard claim is that SAFe is just an excuse to...
Tom Bellinson
2 min read
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