Steve Neiderhauser

Agile Coach Basics

Damon Poole shares Agile Coaching basics in this post.

There’s some excellent material here that will make you a better Agile Coach.

I liked his notes on the ADKAR change management tool.

Five Levels of Leadership

Bob Anderson wrote a wonderful article on the stages of leadership.

Leaders will only have the necessary skills to lead today’s organizations when they reach the Creative level. Bob defines leadership as the deployment of self into circumstances.

"As a leader, you are your primary asset. How you show up moment to moment is your leadership impact."

In their book Mastering Leadership the authors make the key point that Reactive leaders will eventually sabotage agile transformations. 

Qualities of the Best Continuous Discovery Teams

Teresa Torres says the best discovery teams have three mindsets.

1. Collaborative Mindset 

2. Continuous Mindset

3. Experimental Mindset

Also, avoid hand-offs and co-create with teammates.

How to Build a Better Business through Design

IDEO posts a wonderful article on how to design your business.

They discuss how to prototype various elements of the business and determine if the business is economically viable.

Software developers should take note of the prototyping concepts. Don’t try to estimate the time to create the prototype, simple put a timebox on it.

“Creativity loves constraints. Put a budget and time limit on your prototyping, and see where it gets you."