Make your life as a facilitator more fun, more relaxing, and more effective — Yesterday, Henri Lipmanowicz (co-developer of Liberating Structures) joined an online Conversation Cafe with a small group of LS enthusiasts of the Ministerie van Defensie. It resulted in many small golden nuggets using Liberating Structures. One example is the recommendation to facilitate Liberating Structures in pairs. Ideally, it’s someone you work…

My thoughts on this frequently asked question — A question I often receive when working with teams is… “As a Scrum team, are we allowed to tweak or change Scrum?” Sure! Feel free to: 👍 Do the Daily Scrum only 2–3 times per week 👍 Not use Sprint Goals 👍 Change the Definition of Done during the Sprint 👍 Skip the Sprint…

A summary of the 5 steps and workshops to get the most out of Columinity (formerly Scrum Team Survey) — Based on the latest scientific research, Columinity (formerly Scrum Team Survey) is a pioneering tool to help teams improve where it matters most. It’s your evidence-based companion for continuous improvement. It highlights performance patterns on multiple levels and illuminates how to move forward.

Learn how to use “What, So What, Now What?” to make sense of the results and translate insights into action. — Based on the latest scientific research, Columinity (formerly Scrum Team Survey) is a pioneering tool to help teams improve where it matters most. It’s your evidence-based companion for continuous improvement. It highlights performance patterns on multiple levels and illuminates how to move forward.

We offer organizations a process and a set of factors for continuous inspection and adaptation, regardless of the Agile framework you use — With Columinity (formerly Scrum Team Survey), we developed a tool to help teams continuously improve by visualizing the quality of their teamwork based on scientific insights. Organizations can diagnose one or many teams, receive extensive feedback, and resolve broader company-wide issues. We designed the tool to empower teams to take…

My thoughts on the recent ‘Agile is Death’ claims — This article is a follow-up post to “Agile is Dead.” Agile is not dead ☠ it’s evolving! 🌱 Despite frequent claims of Agile’s death, I don’t consider this to be true. Instead of being dead, it’s evolving. Evolution is challenging. It requires you to reinvent yourself and to let go…

Learn how to engage teams, stakeholders, and management in continuous improvement based on data from Columinity. — Based on the latest scientific research, Columinity (formerly Scrum Team Survey) is a pioneering tool to help teams improve where it matters most. It’s your evidence-based companion for continuous improvement. It highlights performance patterns on multiple levels and illuminates how to move forward.

My thoughts on the recent ‘Agile is Death’ claims — Agile is dead! ☠️ The new year is only a few weeks old, but I’ve already read various LinkedIn articles claiming the death of Agile. Again. 🤷‍♀️ Given the yearly claims of Agile’s death, we can draw various conclusions. Agile never really died, or it reincarnated and came back alive…

Learn to make sense of the results with your teams and translate insights into action. — Based on the latest scientific research, Columinity (formerly Scrum Team Survey) is a pioneering tool to help teams improve where it matters most. It’s your evidence-based companion for continuous improvement. It highlights performance patterns on multiple levels and illuminates how to move forward. We defined five steps to get the…