She may have been the first person in the world to connect the concepts ”Agile” and ”HR”. Now it is becoming clear that Pia-Maria Thorén of Stockholm-based GreenBullet was the trailblazer of a global movement. Pia-Maria Thorén is as multi-professional as they come – she usually describes herself as a […]
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From Predict-and-Plan to Sense-and-Respond — a state-of-the-art view on Agile Leadership
When Michael Hamman started working with agile coaching in a corporate environment 15 years ago, he quickly realized two things. Firstly, that the success of the transition depends on the leaders’ willingness to change their own mindset and ways-of-working. Secondly, that he – as a coach – must develop his […]
Kaikaku Mind – The concept of radical change
Great Scrum teams know that Scrum’s essence is learning and ongoing improvement. Scrum and agile have propelled the Japanese term kaizen into the limelight to be much more broadly recognized today than it was 20 years ago. While literally meaning just “getting better,” the Toyota culture uses the term as […]
The Agile Project Manager – the next stage in development
In little more than a decade, Agile, Lean, Scrum and other modern methods have created amazing opportunities for the software industry to increase productivity, improve quality and, not in the least adapt to a changing environment. But what about the business environment to which the methodologies apply – have they […]
Make Ready – the missing link in Agile projects
The Make Ready Process can be of great use to Agile software teams. Here Bent Jensen and Sven Bertelsen give an introduction, based on
their experience of Lean Construction.