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Agentic Agility champions autonomy, accountability, and purposeful action. We empower you to optimise your systems of work, advocate pragmatic, evidence-based practices, and challenge conventional thinking—driving adaptive, resilient organisations.

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Scrum

Defines the Definition of Done in Scrum as a clear, shared standard for quality, ensuring increments are releasable, transparent, and continuously …

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Engineering Excellence

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Lean

Explores how effective capacity planning shifts focus from individual hours to system-level flow, using Lean and Agile principles to improve …

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Engineering Excellence

Engineering excellence isn’t perfection—it’s continuous improvement, clean code, and fast feedback. Unlock true agility with modern Agile and DevOps …

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Leadership

Struggling with tech change? Discover how clarity, evidence, and culture can futureproof your team—no chasing trends, just smart leadership.

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Read more about Futureproof Leadership: How CTOs Can Cut Through the Noise and Lead with Clarity, Confidence, and Culture
Technical Leadership

Explains how technical leaders can break down organisational silos and enforce better branching, team structures, and architecture to improve software …

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Product Development

Unlock your team's true potential—discover why a powerful definition of done drives real business impact, customer value, and lasting competitive …

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Read more about Why Your Definition of Done Is the Secret Weapon Your Team Needs to Win
Engineering Excellence

Explains how short-lived topic branches in source control improve software quality, enable modularity, speed up integration, and support agile, …

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DevOps

Is legacy tech slowing your team? Discover how removing friction unlocks agility, innovation, and faster delivery in your organisation.

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Read more about Legacy Systems Aren’t the Enemy—Friction Is: How to Unblock Innovation and Accelerate Agile Delivery
Leadership

Feeling overwhelmed as a tech leader? Discover how to shift from chaos to clarity and build resilient, future-ready teams—without burning out.

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Engineering Excellence

Is your team’s “done” really done? Discover how a clear, objective definition of done boosts quality, agility, and trust in product delivery.

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Read more about Why Your Definition of “Done” Is Holding Back Quality, Agility, and Trust—And How to Raise the Bar
Engineering Excellence

Explains how fragmented automation and tool silos harm software delivery, and advocates for unified engineering systems and platform engineering to …

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Technical Leadership

Stop chasing tech trends. Learn how evidence, visibility, and clarity empower tech leaders to make confident, strategic decisions—beyond the hype.

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Kanban

Unlock better flow and real value with the Open Guide to Kanban—a practical, community-driven resource for teams in any industry. Join the movement!

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Product Development

Stop confusing acceptance criteria with definition of done—learn the crucial difference to boost quality, speed, and trust in your agile delivery.

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Leadership

Explores the distinct roles of human and AI agency in adaptive systems, emphasising human-led strategy and accountability versus AI-driven tactical …

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DevOps

Stop chasing trends—build real agility. Discover how DevOps and agile create resilient teams, smoother delivery, and sustainable adaptability.

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Product Development

Comprehensive guide to using OKRs for shared focus, measurable outcomes, and strategic learning, including roles, events, best practices, and common …

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Engineering Excellence

Unlock a smarter Definition of Done—start small, evolve standards, and build team momentum without overwhelm. Discover how progress drives excellence.

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Engineering Excellence

Explains why business logic should not be written in stored procedures, highlighting testability, maintainability, scalability, and strategies for …

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Technical Leadership

Is your engineering culture built to thrive on change? Discover how to create resilient, adaptive teams that stay ahead in a fast-moving tech world.

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Read more about Engineering Culture That Thrives: How to Build Teams Ready for Change, Not Just the Next Fire Drill
Product Development

Transform your definition of done into a strategic advantage—deliver real value, reduce risk, and drive business impact with every sprint.

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Read more about Why Your Definition of Done Is the Secret Weapon for Real Business Impact and Agile Growth
DevOps

Explores how lacking developer control over production, telemetry, and deployments undermines DevOps, leading to fragile automation and failed …

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Leadership

CTOs: Stop chasing every trend. Learn to filter noise, focus on what matters, and lead with clarity for real impact in your tech organization.

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Engineering Excellence

True organisational resilience means improving technical health—like testing, automation, and architecture—beyond just surviving incidents or …

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Engineering Excellence

Stop flying blind after release—learn why telemetry is vital to your Definition of Done and how real feedback drives better software, value, and team …

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Scrum

NKD Agility helped the Ghana Police Service drive organisational change using Scrum, enabling continuous improvement, transparency, and local …

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Engineering Excellence

Resilience must be designed into products from the start, not added later. Build systems to detect, contain, and recover from failures, making …

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Product Development

Struggling with legacy systems? Discover why modernisation is a strategy, not a gamble—reduce risk, boost efficiency, and future-proof your business …

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Technical Leadership

Stop chasing hype. Discover why context-driven tech choices—not the latest stack—lead to real, sustainable value for your team and business.

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Tool

Explores using AI embeddings and cosine similarity to improve related content recommendations in Hugo, enhancing semantic relevance, user navigation, …

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Engineering Excellence

Stop firefighting late-stage bugs—discover how shifting left saves time, money, and reputation by building quality in from the start. Learn the …

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Product Development

Most agile transformations fail by neglecting agency—empowering people and systems to adapt—making true agility possible through autonomy, evidence, …

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DevOps

Unlock legacy system agility—discover how DevOps transforms slow, brittle tech into fast, scalable, and change-ready platforms without starting from …

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Product Management

A cross-border product team overcame misalignment and role confusion through immersive mentorship, boosting collaboration, engineering engagement, and …

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Engineering Excellence

NKD Agility helped SLB unify 800+ engineering teams by consolidating DevOps systems, standardizing processes, and improving visibility, collaboration, …

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Engineering Excellence

NKD Agility helped SLB unify build and release processes across 90 teams in 13 countries, boosting team ownership, efficiency, and engineering …

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Read more about Engineering Excellence in Action: How NKD Agility Helped SLB Streamline Build and Release Across 90 Teams and 13 Countries
Leadership

Tired of chasing tech hype? Discover how disciplined, evidence-based decisions drive real agility and lasting competitive advantage for your …

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Engineering Excellence

Learn how to upgrade legacy .NET and ASP.NET MVC projects to SDK-style for easier builds, modern tooling, and future readiness, including tips for …

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Engineering Excellence

Stop relying on memory for quality. Discover why automated pipelines beat manual checks, and how embedding quality gates ensures trust, speed, and …

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Read more about Stop Hoping for Quality: Why Automated Pipelines Are the Only Way to Deliver with Confidence
DevOps

Learn key strategies for building business resilience and continuity, including observability, system decoupling, routine deployments, team …

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Read more about How to Build for Business Resilience and Continuity
Engineering Excellence

Struggling with technical debt? Discover practical ways to tackle legacy systems, boost team morale, and deliver value—without grinding to a halt.

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Read more about How to Tackle Technical Debt Without Halting Progress: Smarter Ways to Keep Your Team Moving Forward
Leadership

Stop chasing tech hype. Discover how CTOs can cut through noise, build real strategy, and lead with clarity—no more firefighting, just sustainable …

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Engineering Excellence

Stop paying the hidden costs of weak delivery. Discover how a strong, shared definition of done builds trust, quality, and real agility in your team.

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Philosophy

Explores how robots and AI automate repetitive work, challenging outdated job structures and enabling humans to focus on creativity, problem-solving, …

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Read more about Robots and AI Are Not Taking Our Jobs They Are Giving Us Our Dignity Back
Software Development

Struggling with vendor lock-in? Discover practical steps to break free from legacy contracts and regain control of your business’s systems of work.

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Read more about Breaking Free from Vendor Lock-In: How to Regain Control and Future-Proof Your Business
Leadership

Overwhelmed by tech trends? Learn how CTOs can cut through the noise, gain clarity, and lead with confidence—without chasing every shiny object.

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Read more about How CTOs Can Cut Through the Noise: Building Real Clarity and Confidence in a World of AI Hype and Microservices Madness
Engineering Excellence

Explains how generative AI and PowerShell scripts automate and improve blog post tagging and categorisation in Hugo, with human oversight and …

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Leadership

Explore how combining human decision-making with AI-driven automation boosts team accountability, agility, and measurable value in modern …

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Engineering Excellence

Struggling with inconsistent delivery? Discover why a shared definition of done is key to predictable, high-quality results your teams—and …

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Read more about Why a Shared Definition of Done Is the Secret to Consistent, Predictable Quality in Agile Teams
Engineering Excellence

Explores how poor engineering, shallow product thinking, and organisational denial lead to fragile systems, stressing that true resilience requires …

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Capability

Struggling with legacy systems? Discover how to modernise securely, reduce risk, and build resilience—without trading old problems for new ones.

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Read more about Modernising Legacy Systems: How to Tackle Security Risks Without Breaking Your Business
Engineering Excellence

Explains how to engineer a robust, fault-tolerant token counting server using FastAPI and PowerShell, covering error handling, retries, fallbacks, and …

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DevOps

Discover why “done” means live in production—not just code complete. Learn to deliver real value, close feedback loops, and drive outcomes that …

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Read more about Why “Done” Only Counts When It’s Live: Moving Beyond Fake Finishes to Real Value in Software Delivery
Product Development

Worried about cloud migration chaos? Discover why a hybrid approach beats “lift and shift” and how to align teams for a seamless, risk-free …

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Read more about Cloud Migration Without the Mayhem: How to Move Legacy Systems Safely and Set Your Teams Up for Success
Scrum

Explains why true Scrum requires real team agency, not just self-management in name, and how lacking agency leads to ineffective, ritualistic Agile …

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Kanban

Comprehensive reference outlining Kanban principles, practices, and metrics for optimising workflow, value delivery, and continuous improvement in …

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Agentic Agility

Learn how to automate legacy systems by shifting organisational mindset, adopting DevOps practices, and making incremental improvements to boost …

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Strategy

Learn essential strategies for transitioning from monolithic systems to microservices, including planning, team alignment, managing complexity, and …

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Agentic Agility

Learn how to modernise legacy systems by balancing stability and innovation, managing technical debt, and adopting gradual, sustainable improvements …

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