Toronto Agile Coach
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Agile lipstick on a waterfall pig
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had a few conversations about a variety of issues at different organisations, but the one thing they all had in common was the feeling I had that their “Agile transformation” was really just Agile lipstick on a waterfall pig. It might sound harsh, but the descriptions of the…
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But What Does A Coach Do?
As much as I use “Agile Coach” in my email address, domain name and all over my resume, it’s not a clearly defined role and when people have asked about my current job hunt I often need to describe what it is I do. For simplicity, I often cover what I don’t do as many…
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Is Agile Coaching Dead?
There are often blog posts claiming “Agile is dead” (and I consistently disagree with them) but I’m beginning to wonder if agile coaching is dead. What leads me to think this? The dearth of job postings for real coaching roles. (I’m counting Senior Scrum Master roles as well because the “Senior” prefix usually means the…
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Meeting my match
I recently posted on LinkedIn complaining about companies who automatically reject resumes if they don’t detect certain keywords rather than look for experience, and a few moments later I stumbled across ScrumMatch. It wasn’t just Nicos Marcou’s video that triggered my post; I had also been chatting with a couple of iron ring-wearing engineers who…
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What’s in a name?
Don’t worry, this post isn’t about Romeo and Juliet – it’s about the ongoing discussions around using the “A” word (Agile), whether the way a team works is Scrum, Scrumban or something else, and whether it really matters what we call it. I can be a stickler about using words and phrases correctly, but I…
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Unlocking Kanban: My KSD Course Experience
I’m not one for collecting certifications for the sake of having them on my résumé, but I have received some feedback about my LinkedIn profile that suggest I need to make my experience stand out more. As part of updating my work experience (still a work in progress!) I began thinking about coaching-related courses as…
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