May 19Jurgen’s Checklist for Workshop OrganizersAfter yet another workshop with a cluttered room, bad table layout, tiny little screen, terrible lunch, lukewarm coffee, insufficient sticky notes, no colored pens, lack of name tags, no participants list, and a fuckup of the schedule, I think, “Is organizing a workshop really so difficult?” I decided to make…Workshop5 min readWorkshop5 min read
Apr 6Let’s Celebrate Context-SwitchingNot a week goes by without someone arguing with me on Facebook or LinkedIn about context-switching. Usually, they confuse it with multi-tasking or interruptions and tell me those are Bad Things. Other times, they say context-switching, in general, is wasteful and inefficient. They are so wrong. Part of my time…Multitasking4 min readMultitasking4 min read
Mar 30Reteaming and context-switchingThe long-lived, stable team is NOT the only way. I’m not the first author/speaker to acknowledge that it’s possible (and sometimes desirable) to allow people to change teams regularly or to work in multiple contexts in parallel.Reteaming3 min readReteaming3 min read
Mar 17Can a tool be complete?Some people have commented that processes, artifacts, and team dynamics are “missing” in the unFIX model. They say our pattern library is “incomplete”. One even called it a “weakness”. Really? Can a toolset ever be complete? Knives, pans, and chopping boards are essential tools for professional chefs, but nobody complains…Tools3 min readTools3 min read
Mar 2It’s not the same as SAFe.Some people tell me that several unFIX patterns are not the same as certain practices in other models. The Capability Crew is not precisely the same as the “complicated subsystem team” in Team Topologies. The Steady Team in unFIX is not entirely the same as the “long-lived teams” in Large…Scaled Agile Framework2 min readScaled Agile Framework2 min read
Feb 3Let’s Scale Out, Not Scale UpI’m a big advocate of leading by example, practicing what you preach, eating your own dog food, etc. That means when The unFIX Company grows, we should not do this upwards. For fifteen years, I have suggested that networks beat hierarchies and that organizations should favor horizontal growth (with peer-to-peer…Scaling2 min readScaling2 min read
Dec 15, 2022I have a new favorite tool.No, I’m not being paid for this message! I found a new tool: Fibery. Fibery is a no-code (or low-code) platform that enables you to create digital workspaces around your teams and processes. My team uses Fibery to build the infrastructure supporting our future services. Here’s why I like it: …Tools4 min readTools4 min read
Dec 1, 2022I need more people.Employees and workers from all over the world are reaching out to us about unFIX. They ask for online courses, in-company workshops, playing cards, translations, coaching, consultancy, and more. They ask us to intervene in their painful SAFe implementations and unworkable matrix structures. …Entrepreneurship3 min readEntrepreneurship3 min read
Nov 25, 2022Is your company worth a story?The final set of downloadable cards is available for you: the 10 Lifecycle Stages. But first …Our team wants to do more case studies! The unFIX Company is gradually transforming to the next level of maturity while still standing with one leg in its infancy. The beauty of that stage…Unfix2 min readUnfix2 min read
Nov 11, 2022Can you make a little game?I released another two sets of cards! This week, the 24 Human Drives and the 15 Decision Methods are available for download from the unFIX community (free sign-up required). But first: can you make a game? The Delegation Poker and Moving Motivators games I created for Management 3.0 are some…Games2 min readGames2 min read
