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Lyssa Adkins Calls for Patience: Agile Transformation as a Human Development...
This past week, I (Lyssa) was honored to be part of the Scrum Gathering’s final TED-talk-style-mashup closing keynote. Part of a 5-person team each delivering a 15 minute no slides message, I got to...
View ArticleHow Do I Become An Agile Coach?(If I’m an Agile PM/ScrumMaster)
Let’s say you’ve been a Project Manager for many years and moved on to the next “job” in project management to become a Agile PM/ScrumMaster. But, instead of a “job” you found a calling and you not...
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Agile Coaching Then and Now: Why We HAD to Update the Coaching Agile Teams Class
When we started teaching the Coaching Agile Teams class back in 2010, the field was different: it was more about teaching teams the basics of Agile, then standing back to watch the magic. Now, teams...
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The Agile Manager’s Practice: Seeding and Cultivating Agile Champions
As we all know, the job of the Agile manager is challenging. One of the manager’s biggest challenges is giving up the old mindset that managing is about ‘driving to results.’ In fact, as we teach in...
View ArticleWant Organizational Agility? Develop an Internal Agile Coaching Capability.
Most companies that transition to Agile do so because they want the speed and innovation that Agile promises. However, to realize that organizations need solid Agile Coaches to help establish the deep,...
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Using the InspireMe! cardsto Slow Down, Look Around
From the desk of our Agile friend and Coach, Deborah Preuss… Did you know that our InspireMe! coaching deck includes exercises to try? Here’s how we used them to slow down as we kicked off a coach...
View ArticleTending to ACI’s Transformational Impact through Partnership with SolutionsIQ
What do you call a deeply skilled agile coach and trainer who has also spent hundreds of hours honing their skills as a professional coach? We call that a good start. We are building ACI’s...
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ACI’s New Home Within Accenture
Today, we announced that ACI has been acquired by Accenture. ACI’s new home within Accenture will allow us to fully realize our mission: defining and developing the Agile coaching profession so that...
View ArticleWe are the Leaders we have been Waiting For: Agilists and our Values on the...
If we Agilists value individuals and interactions over processes and tools, why do processes and tools so often run the show? In this keynote, Lyssa offers two good reasons why she thinks this is so...
View Article#AsktheAgileCoach: How can I justify 2 roles for Scrum Master and Agile Coach?
In our first #AsktheAgileCoach post, we answer Megan’s question about how she can (or maybe cannot) justify 2 roles for Scrum Master and Agile Coach. Lyssa is “up at bat” in this video answer and she...
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