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Why Do Agile Transformations Fail? Unpacking Cultural Clashes and the Role of Psychological Safety
Agile methodologies have gained popularity, promising increased productivity, faster time-to-market, and improved customer satisfaction. However, despite the best intentions, many organizations struggle to implement Agile practices successfully. This article explores...
Are your projects ready to weather the crisis storm?
If you want to identify concrete steps you can take in order to overcome this difficult period, if you want to counteract, through positive action, the crisis-associated stress and anxiety, this article is for you. More than that, I will guide you towards a new...
Q&A: Do I follow my professional ethics, with the risk of losing the client?
There are times when a little grumpiness does no harm and being "politically correct" is anything but correct, like in the situation I want to talk to you about today. A potential client invited me to a meeting about "how we can make this project work" and I assumed,...
Q&A: One of my colleagues is a constant roadblock in my project. What can i do?
Have you ever been in a situation where you are in a hurry to get somewhere and, all of a sudden, there’s a car stopped in the middle of the road, which you cannot pass? And you aren’t the only one blocked either. Everybody is waiting for him to clear the road. Some...
Q&A: What is the most important thing to do at the beginning of a project?
"It's very easy to give advice, it doesn't cost you anything" they say. And if you receive them, especially unsolicited, you tend to reject them at first, even if some of them would actually help you. So, to avoid falling into that particular trap, I prefer to tell...
Q&A: What can I do if a member of my project’s team doesn’t deliver on time?
You know that moment when you check your huge to-do list and realize there isn’t enough hours in the day to do everything, and just then you receive an email with a new important, urgent task? Well... most likely, that guy from your project team who didn't deliver on...
January PM content roundup
Instead of reaching out to you with a list of Best of articles I’ve read recently, which would give you access to information that might come handy if you’re working in projects, are passionate or just curious about the topic, I decided a curated list of content...
Q&A: How to be more agile starting tomorrow?
And here comes the question: "What should I do, specifically, to become more agile starting tomorrow?" My instinct was to answer with… another question: "But why should you be, all of a sudden, more agile?" Usually, when you do things in a certain way and you are...
Q&A: What app would make your life easier?
As far as I can remember, I’ve been almost obsessed with delivering results in projects. Extreme ownership, baby! Probably that’s the main reason why I became focused on what I can do to help other professionals deliver the same results aka how to make life easier....
A bird’s-eye view of my professional journey
I’ve been recently asked by Colltrain, aka the team behind the collaborative training tool that empowers trainers and facilitators to achieve success with remote delivery, to share a bit of my professional philosophy and journey and to talk about how I managed to...