Nirmaljeet
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Transparency vs. Controlling the Narrative: A Leadership Blindspot
“Leaders don’t earn trust by controlling the narrative, but by telling the unfiltered truth.” In every organization I’ve worked with or led, I’ve seen a common pattern among middle and senior leadership: an urge to “shape the message” before it travels upward or outward. It’s rarely malicious. It’s often rooted in fear—fear of being judged, Continue reading
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Why the idea of a scrum team is so powerful..
The idea of a team has evolved over the last decade. What started off with a group of people working together to achieve a vague goal under the control of a manager/leader, has in some cases matured where teams are gradually getting more engaged and are aware of the business objectives and are being trusted Continue reading
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Distributed teams and dependencies – My talk at Austin City Limits Conference
I recently had this opportunity to talk at the Agile City Limits conference at the Dell headquarters in Round Round, Texas. There were a lot of awesome things about the conference. Awesome crowd, awesome energy and from the audience an awesome urge to ask some really great questions. Not to mention that the topic itself Continue reading