Organisational Culture: Building Trust and Agility Through Shared Values

Mandating Agile or Scrum fails without cultural change; true agility requires trust, transparency, and a supportive environment, not just tools or …

Explains how true quality improvement needs both tools and a culture of safety, using Toyota’s andon cord as a lesson for Agile and Scrum adoption in …

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.

Open Space Agile is an approach to organisational agility that applies the principles of Open Space Technology—a self-organising, agenda-free format …

Lead successful Agile Transformations. Shift mindsets, evolve processes, and enable true organisational agility.

Explores why teams ignore clear signals from Agile and Scrum, highlighting how culture and fear hinder continuous improvement and effective …

Explores how effective leadership drives cultural change, supports agile practices, and fosters collaboration through vision, automation, learning, …

Change in organisations is a continuous, evolutionary process driven by experimentation and adaptation, not a one-time transformation or fixed end …

Explains why frameworks alone can't shift team culture, emphasizing clear vision, leadership commitment, and empowering teams to drive meaningful …

Embrace Beta Codex for decentralised, adaptive, and human-centric organisational design. Enable true agility beyond rigid hierarchies.

Explores how fear hinders true agility in teams, emphasising the need to foster courage and trust for effective Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices and …

Many agile transformations restrict team autonomy, leading to control and compliance instead of true ownership, adaptability, and meaningful …

Explores why businesses should develop custom scaling practices tailored to their unique culture and needs, rather than adopting standard frameworks, …

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

Using hypothesis-driven approaches to test ideas and validate assumptions in agile workflows.

Explores why true organisational agility depends on empowering teams with agency, not just adopting frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, or DevOps, to …

Explores how lack of authority hinders teams from removing project blockers and overcoming organisational inertia, stressing the need for real …

Explains why Scrum is a social framework, not just engineering, emphasizing inclusive training, alignment, collaboration, and breaking …

Empowering teams to take ownership and drive value autonomously.

Explores a developer’s transition to DevOps, highlighting key challenges: cultural change, toolchain automation, and continuous learning for effective …

Explores how decentralising decision-making, fostering autonomy, and building a shared vision in agile teams can boost engagement and unlock greater …

Explores why focusing on value delivery and psychological safety leads to better Agile team outcomes than fixating on estimates, output metrics, or …

Explores how silence in agile teams signals disengagement, and offers strategies to boost stakeholder participation, open communication, and effective …

Explores how team happiness, autonomy, mastery, and purpose drive engagement and lead to higher-quality, more impactful products in agile …

Explores how chaos arises in agile transformations due to unclear vision and poor communication, and offers strategies for restoring alignment, …

The foundation for innovation and high-performing teams.

Learn how to spot fake Agile practices using six key questions from the US Department of Defense, and discover steps to assess and improve true Agile …

Explains the risks of using say-do metrics in Agile, highlighting how they encourage vanity metrics, harm psychological safety, and shift focus from …

Change succeeds when everyone understands and engages with it. Broad Scrum training empowers all roles to identify blockers and drive real, lasting …

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

Cell Structure Design is an organisational design model developed by Niels Pfläging, rooted in the principles of the Beta Codex. It replaces …

Most companies struggle with agility due to rigid structures, outdated processes, and cultural barriers, not technical issues. True agility requires …

Agentic Agility is the ability for humans and AI to take intentional, adaptive action within socio-technical environments, enabling continuous …

Teams struggle not from lacking frameworks, but from ignoring feedback. Success depends on acting on signals, fostering safety, and empowering real …

Explores why team autonomy in Scrum must be balanced with alignment to strategic goals, highlighting the role of clear objectives and leadership in …

Explains how Scrum Masters are naturally chosen by teams based on trust, experience, and leadership, highlighting the importance of peer selection …

Ensuring openness and visibility in agile processes to build trust and accountability.

Ability to Innovate is one of the four key value areas of Evidence‑Based Management that gauges organizational capability in terms of innovation. It …

Align strategy with execution through Portfolio Management. Prioritise investments, optimise value streams, and drive organisational agility.

Explores how fostering a culture of quality and engineering excellence prevents failures, using Boeing and Volkswagen as examples, and highlights the …

Explains why empowering teams to adapt their processes boosts agility, reduces waste, and fosters innovation, using real-world examples and practical …

Accountability in Scrum requires real agency; without the power to act, roles like Product Owner and Scrum Master become ineffective and …

Explores how empowering Agile teams to adapt their processes boosts flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, and maximises value and return …

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

Continuous Improvement is the ongoing practice of relentless reflection and adaptation, driven by empirical evidence, aimed at consistently enhancing …

Understand and apply Agile Values and Principles based on first principles. Build a foundation for true agility and continuous value delivery

Guidance and coaching for agile professionals and leadership.

Explores how individualistic, competitive company cultures hinder collaboration and agility, and highlights the benefits of fostering teamwork in …

Ensuring every team member understands and connects their daily work to the product vision and strategic goals is key to true Agile alignment, …

Explores why Scrum Masters need authority, not just influence, to enforce Agile practices, remove blockers, and ensure teams follow Scrum for true …

Explores how visionary Product Owners at Microsoft drove Agile transformation, shortened feedback cycles, and reshaped product development culture and …

Most transformations fail without open, honest conversations that address real issues, making transparency and tough dialogue essential for true …

Enable Business Agility to rapidly adapt, innovate, and deliver value in an ever-changing market.

Helping organisations shift mindsets and processes without falling into transformation theatre.

Enhancing an organisation’s ability to respond to market shifts and competitive pressures.

Explores how a culture of contempt undermines Agile teams, its causes, impact on morale and productivity, and practical steps leaders can take to …

Explores how clear vision, goals, and evidence-based management empower teams, improve alignment, and foster autonomy, engagement, and effective …

Explores how questioning, continuous improvement, and team empowerment drive Agile success, helping organisations adapt quickly, spot inefficiencies, …

Explores what traditional organisations must change—beyond adopting Agile tools—to achieve true agility, cultural transformation, and sustained …

Explores how practising charity—helping others without expecting rewards—strengthens Agile teams, boosts collaboration, and drives organisational …