Have you ever wanted to play happy welcome music while people are joining a call and questioned if the song is appropriate? Or maybe for long portions of silent work, you’d like to play calming, quiet music but are worried it may be distracting.

Let’s not underestimate the magnitude of the event at Snowbird, Utah 20 years ago. In this month we celebrate the 20 years existence of the Agile Manifesto.

A new Scrum Guide was released in November 2020. What are the changes and how does it impact us?

More people are working from home and many are claiming higher productivity. There are however new challenges organisations are facing with this new change - how to maintain a healthy work-life balance while working from home.

The American poet, Mattie Stepanek, said "Unity is strength. . . when there are teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved." What wonderful things organisations can achieve when management teams collaborate and pull together.

Think about the best Scrum event you have been to. Why was it good? Why was it productive? Was the conversations, environment and overall climate well controlled?

Good facilitation can be your greatest ally to get engagement and collaboration in a Sprint Review, and also levels the playing field.

There is no secret, magic or mystique to being a Scrum Master. Much of it is doing for your team what you’ve appreciated what past leaders or managers did for you. But what are those things your team would appreciate the most?

Recall your last Sprint Review. Was it a well-attended session? Was there an atmosphere of nervous expectation in the air? Or was it a boring gathering of developers and a few unlucky stakeholders that frequently looked at their watches.

To thrive in a digital age, companies need to have an Agile culture. As we dive into the digital abyss, there are 4 barriers to developing an agile culture.

Businesses may not have received all the benefits once promised by Agile. But does this imply failure? What should we do about it?

The marketplace has shifted under our feet. It has moved. The World is still trying to establish where it is going to end up. It is a fact that we will never return to the status quo before the emergence of the COVID-19 Corona Virus.Am I going to be okay?

Virtual meetings have become a fundamental part of our normal workday. It is a frantic adapt-or-die interruption to our business’ for survival. How can we ensure that our online presence is professional while having a bit of fun?

Do companies realise what it means to make agility part of their strategy? Easy to decide to “be agile” but harder to implement.