I recently attended a Tony Robbins Business Mastery course where he shares one of his most famous quotes: “complexity is the enemy of execution”. I always find this quote challenging. […]
Agility: Knowledge Generation and Beauty
Compromised Agility The authors of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development expound a set of values and principles that define “Agile Software Development”. These values and principles, written in 2001, became […]
Screening Organizations as an Agile Candidate
A lot of Agile recruitment articles provide tips on the language and qualities that a good Agile candidate should use in their application. I want to flip that and help […]
Agile Corporate Culture
What does Agile corporate culture look like? Organizational culture is everywhere but it is not obviously seen. We can describe organizational culture in terms of tangible and intangible elements. Tangibles […]
An Agile Leader Cultivates Agility
The rules of leadership have changed. If you want compliance, then traditional management approaches may be effective. However, in today’s digital revolution where knowledge workers are the key to value […]
Distributed Collaborative Prioritization Using Miro
Distributed teams need good tools to help with prioritization work. Here is an (anonymized) example of a Miro layout that was used for an actual distributed collaborative prioritization workshop. The […]
Welcome to Virtual Learning
BERTEIG is going virtual. We acknowledge that the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to be a great deal of concern. Despite the challenging times, we are committed to providing world-class Agile […]
What to Do Before Implementing Agile
Many companies come to us to help them with implementing Agile. With the popularization of Agile “methods” from technology sectors, companies have sought these good practices in order to implement […]
Talking Agile with a Recruiter
I am writing a few articles with the intent of helping Agile job seekers sense the level of Agile maturity in an organization before they take a job. My first […]
The Simple Recipe for a High Performance Team
Some think building a high performance team requires a complex formula. But the recipe is actually quite simple. Speaking of which, let me tell you about a restaurant that I really […]