Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are the next evolution in human organization. They are enabled by the Internet and will, most assuredly, have an impact just as large. While their present state is one of early infancy, they are the ground soil from which the world’s first true digitally native nations…

Last week was big for crypto. The Coinbase IPO happened and the whole world seemed to wake up in recognition of crypto as an asset class. While this is a major step in the legitimization of the space, some even calling it crypto’s ’Netscape moment’, I want to take the…

Many agilists begin their journey in software development. This gives them an unusual strength when compared to traditional project managers that lack programming backgrounds. There is a strange full circle happening in this space though. A new generation of software development tools that don’t require heavy coding ability to create…

Being a Scrum Master or Agile Coach isn’t for everyone. Let’s get that out of the way right up front. It requires not merely a unique set of skills but even more so, a particular outlook and disposition towards human beings. Servant leadership does not come naturally to human nature…

In this episode of The Modern Agilist, we played a little game called true or false. In it, we made a statement and challenged the other two participants to state whether it was true or false and the reasons behind it that answer. What made this particular approach more interesting…

This week on The Modern Agilist, we had the opportunity to sit down with Steve Pereira and discuss flow engineering. Steve is no upstart and it shows. …

The Modern Agilist is a podcast devoted to discussing all things related to agile and large-scale software delivery. We recently took the time to discuss The 15th State of Agile report, the longest continuously running annual Agile survey. There were several key takeaways as we unpacked the information-dense report. …

This year’s Agile 2021 conference was a special one in several ways. Firstly, it marked the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto. Secondly, because it came on the heels of one of the world’s most unexpected and unprecedented events, a global pandemic and lockdown. …

It is a universal experience for people to love cars. They’re status symbols, they’re fun, they’re cool, and they’re useful. As a young boy, I had a poster of a Lamborghini on my wall, and second, only to Wolverine claws, was what I dreamed of having someday. With the creation…