Technical Leadership: Empowering Teams Through Technical Excellence

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

Using data, metrics, and feedback to drive continuous improvement in teams and processes.

Argues that the Scrum Master role requires proven mastery and real-world experience, not entry-level skills or certifications, and should be earned …

Scrum Masters are most effective when they combine leadership skills with technical, business, and organisational mastery to support teams, Product …

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

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

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

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

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

Explains how a Scrum Master drives team improvement, removes obstacles, and leads organisational change, going far beyond basic facilitation or …

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

Explores Agile as a disciplined system of delivery, emphasizing engineering excellence, CI/CD, observability, and system design over mindset or …

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

Scrum Masters must have technical and business expertise to guide teams, improve code quality, and drive real agility—not just schedule meetings. …

Explores how leaders can foster an agile mindset in development teams by promoting autonomy, mastery, purpose, and a culture of quality and continuous …

Explores how teaching the reasons behind Agile practices boosts team engagement, collaboration, and continuous improvement, helping teams adapt and …

The Scrum Master is an accountability in Scrum, responsible for enabling the effectiveness of the Scrum Team and fostering continuous improvement …

Mentoring program for developers and teams to master Agile, DevOps, Kanban, and evidence-based practices, fostering engineering excellence and …

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

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

Hiring an unqualified Scrum Master limits team growth, reduces agility, and hinders value delivery. Effective Scrum Masters drive change, coaching, …

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

Explains the Scrum Master's role in ensuring team delivery by fostering agility, removing blockers, and being accountable for improving team …

Drive change with Agile Leadership. Foster adaptability, empower teams, and create a culture of continuous improvement.

Technical debt always harms productivity and system stability. Ignoring it leads to inefficiency and risk, making it essential to address rather than …

Technical debt requires leadership investment to resolve; without support for automation and quality improvements, continuous delivery is not …

Explores how technical leadership shapes a culture of engineering excellence through clear standards, continuous learning, collaboration, and ongoing …

Learn what to look for when hiring an Agile coach, including key qualities like teaching, mentoring, and inspiring teams to adopt Agile practices and …

Summarises the top considerations for Scrum Masters adopting a coaching stance: building trust, understanding team context, and leading through …

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

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

Explores why special sprints like Sprint Zero or hardening sprints undermine Agile by delaying work, increasing risk, and reducing continuous delivery …

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

Effective Scrum Masters and Product Owners empower teams with clear goals and autonomy, balancing structure and flexibility to promote accountability …

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

Scrum Teams uphold, not lower, quality by strictly following and evolving the Definition of Done, ensuring predictable releases and reducing technical …

Scrum Teams must consistently meet a clear, non-negotiable Definition of Done to ensure quality, manage risk, and prevent technical debt in every …

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

Explains how managing technical debt and distinguishing it from poor quality can boost product efficiency, reduce costs, and support sustainable …

Many Scrum Masters lack core Scrum knowledge and technical skills, leading to poor team support. Learn key competencies needed for effective, …

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.

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

The art of unlocking potential in teams and leaders through guidance rather than directives.

Explores key qualities of an effective Scrum Master, focusing on team empowerment, backlog management, collaboration, and removing organisational …

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

Finding a skilled Scrum Master is challenging; true effectiveness requires deep Scrum knowledge, coaching ability, and alignment with your team's …

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

Scrum Masters require proven expertise, not entry-level skills. Hiring juniors in this role risks team performance and agile success; experience is …

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

Martin is in EST for 6 months and available for hands-on consulting in North America. This month’s spotlight: How tracking estimation accuracy is …

Explores how agile teams can achieve predictable software delivery through quality focus, effective release planning, and continuous improvement, …

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 …

Explains why Sprints are valuable even with continuous delivery, highlighting benefits for planning, feedback, communication, and predictability in …

Scrum Masters need technical expertise to effectively support teams, understand best practices, and bridge gaps between process and real-world …

Explores the limitations of story points, optimal team sizes, and the benefits of emergent architecture for improving agile practices and team …

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

Explores the gap between accountability and authority for Scrum Masters and Product Owners, highlighting the need to empower roles responsible for …

Highlights the impact of Jernimo Palacios on agile practices through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and community building, emphasising collaboration …

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

Explains how self-managing teams in Scrum need structure and leadership, clarifying the Scrum Master's role in maintaining clarity, alignment, and …