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Generative AI is Revolutionizing Product Development! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M09Nj1ETldo&list=PLoYxTrSg7WvRTz_2C1OAnHC2fkWTcQyxx&index=1&pp=gAQBiAQB Imagine a world where your product ideas are not just yours but are informed by the collective intelligence of countless consumer interactions, market trends, and technological possibilities. Welcome to the realm of generative AI...

How To Stay Consistent- Mahika Joshi I am the most inconsistent person you will ever meet. And that is why you should listen when I say — I know what helps maintain consistency. Other than immediate deadlines, what else pushes a person to complete their task? If you do complete that task today, how to make sure you do it long enough to see the desired results? The steps are very basic and general....

Is The Party Over For ScrumMasters and Agile Coaches? Join V. Lee Henson as we continue the conversation around the great transition of roles and titles in the Agile Community... How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee...

Software Engineers Are DOOMED! - AI Has Come For Their Jobs.. “Devin,” an AI tool that generates production-ready code. And it’s mind-blowing. Unlike other coding AI copilots, Devin can actually write entire apps on its own and not just autocompleting tasks. Perhaps, its most striking feature is its ability to fix code issues autonomously. In a demo by a Cognition Labs developer, an Upwork  post  ...

We Can't Fix Every Problem - Mike Cohn At almost every monthly Q&A session for my AMC members, someone asks me how to solve dysfunctional management challenges. I hear it all:   An impossible, imposed deadline An incredibly junior team that needs to perform at an expert level to meet an impossible deadline Management who assigns work to the team Management who holds the team accountable fo...

The 'F' in Feelings.. Should This Be Part of Agile? When I first hear a student John say the F'n Feelings I was floored by his disdain for effective communication until I realized that he said the F IN Feelings... Then it all made sense. Is it practical or even realistic to bring feelings into workplace conversations? Or should we check our feelings at the door? How to connect with Agi...

A Lesson On Gratitude Each sunrise and sunset, each gust of wind or patter of rain, serves as a reminder of the interconnectedness of everything. It brings me back to the absolute core of being, and it reduces the noise around me. We are paying so much attention to things that don’t really matter and often fail to pay attention to things that matter most. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] ...

The Top 3 Questions To Unlock Your Team's Potential 3. What’s the real problem? 2. What have you tried so far? 1. How can I help spark new ideas? How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me... - Mike Cohn In the US, National Public Radio runs a popular weekly news quiz show called, “ Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! ” I was listening to the show the other day while driving back from the airport to my home, and it got me thinking (and laughing too. It’s a funny show.) “Wait wait … don’t tell me,” might be a good mantra for Scrum teams to use with their product ow...

We Should NOT Fire All The ScrumMasters.. The Top 5 Things That A Scrum Master Does DAILY 1. Team Coach and Mentor: 2. Promoting Great Facilitation: 3. Facilitating Impediment Removal: 4. Transparency and Trust: 5. Continuous Improvement Advocate: How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https://www.fac...

It's The End Of The Roles As We Know Them, And I Feel Fine... Are you still hung up on what to call people? Have you been a victim of a recent layoff because of your title? Is Agile broken or is your company broken? Have you read step 3 of The Agile 12 Step Program? Get with it and get this done today. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://...

Make Meetings Matter Gatherings are sacred spaces where we have the opportunity to create, commune and transform, and yet so often we bluster into them haphazardly worrying about the future while they pass us by. We are constantly dragging our baggage in the door while bulleting a laundry list of future to-dos. As a result, we are lagging in the past or projecting into the future. As a result,  we...

Team Disagree? Try a Lunch and Learn - Mike Cohn If you’re like many of the Scrum teams I work with, your team members might have learned about Scrum in very different ways and at very different times. Some people might be self taught, others might have taken a CSM course 15 years ago, still others might have taken their first Scrum class last week. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Diversity of...

6 Hard to Swallow Leadership Pills That, if Applied, Will Make You a Better Boss 1. You’re the architect of most of your pain 2. Few will have the same motivation as you 3. You’ll get more from giving credit than trying to take it 4. Excellence is the next five minutes, or nothing 5. Some people are great workers but terrible employees 6. You don’t need to be liked to get the work done How to conn...

10 Lessons I Learned In My Journey as a Product Manager Understand your Product:  Product managers, will lead the development of your product and not only that, you’ll be the one to define what success would look like for your product. Understanding your product’s goals, Business goals, Vision of the product, and extensively understanding what problem your product is solving is key. Understanding...

Announcing Agile For ALL Dads! (and Moms and Children...) **** BREAKING NEWS **** Bob Hartman from Agile For All and V. Lee Henson of AgileDad are Proud to announce the merger of our two companies! We will now be known as: Announcing Agile For ALL Dads! (and Moms and Children...) We will begin effective immediately offering the following world class certification offerings: CSM - Certified Scrum M...

How To Know What You Want What do you want? This is a difficult question to answer because for most, what they want is only a matter of how they  feel . Their feelings and emotions are an intuitive guide; beckoning them to desire and be attracted to some things while forsaking and being repulsed by other things. The only problem with this is that most people don’t know what they want; rather,  the...

Leadership Is the Big Gaping Hole In the Agile Manifesto From time to time, people will declare Agile dead. On December 1st, Cliff Berg declared Agile dead in  a viral post on LinkedIn . Personally, I think declaring a tool like Agile dead because it doesn’t work is like declaring a pencil dead because it doesn’t turn us all into Michelangelos. A tool enhances human capabilities. A tool is only as...

Hey Scrum Master... Are you my manager? - Mike Cohn Back when my girls were small, I used to read Dr. Seuss books to them. Together, we giggled over the antics in the  Cat in the Hat  and shed a few tears over the destruction in  The Lorax . But a question I got asked in a class recently brought me back to another childhood classic from the Dr. Seuss brand, “ Are You My Mother? ” It’s a simple sto...

Should Stories Carry Over From One Spring To the Next? - NO Common sense would advise us that we should attempt to only consume the number of stories that can reasonably fit inside of a sprint. I have seen in many cases where teams either do NOT honor WIP limits and take on too much work or they Under-Commit and Over Deliver. Neither of these are what we are shooting for. We should attempt to comm...

How to Deliver Value Faster with Agile Agile Methodologies are not set in stone, and certain ceremonies help with reflection and improvements. There are others that, in some situations, reduce the fast pace of delivery. We also need to understand how to identify what is working and what is not working. At this point, there is no reason to  measure twice and cut once . Sometimes, what to measure or...

25 Things You Can Do To Simplify Your Life! Do what you love to do. Determine what “enough” means for you and your family. Define what “success” means for you and your family. Reduce the clutter in your home. Work where you live or live where you work.  Eat the same breakfast every day.  Have a work uniform . Go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day. Get rid of all your toxic relationshi...

Can Scrum Be Tweaked or Changed? - Yes BUT.. Should we really be changing things? Is what we are seeing a symptom or the real problem that we are trying to solve? Join V. Lee Henson as we more deeply explore how and when we should pivot or make adjustments. How to connect with AgileDad: - [website]  https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram]  https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook]  https...

Top 3 Ways To Excel in Remote Leadership Remote work is not something new. It has been around since LONG BEFROE the pandemic was a thought. Many organizations have found success embracing a remote work culture, yet many have floundered. Here are the top three ways leaders can excel in a remote setting: 1. People have to want to do it 2. Leadership styles need to adapt 3. The secret of good bonding...

Active Listening - A Silent SuperPower! Have you ever zoned out mid-conversation, fingers itching for your phone, brain choreographing your next groundbreaking product feature? We all have. But in the whirlwind world of product management, where ideas zip around like bees in a garden, there’s a superpower often overlooked: active listening. This episode delves into why active listening is an indis...