Several agile experts have tried to create an online version of the famous Ball Point Game especially since the 2020 pandemic forced a large population of the world to suddenly work remotely. However, only a few have succeeded to create a game that encompasses all the reasons why agile trainers love the Ball Point Game […]
Kudo box to learn feedback
Throughout my agile coaching career, I have used kudo box in many different ways. One of the most recent ones was at a client in the telecommunication industry. My role as an agile coach there is mostly mentoring scrum masters. Occasionally I also facilitate workshops and hold trainings for these teams. While some teams are distributed […]
Moving motivators can turn a group of consultants into a team!
Moving motivators is not only to help improve team dynamics. You can even use this exercise to create a team from a group of individuals who only share an employer. In this post, you are going to learn about an experiment that I ran to help a group of consultants each of whom has a […]
Moving motivators for coaching distributed teams
A few years ago, I got hired to coach a distributed team and my main task was to “make them agile”. The backgrounds and cultures of team members was so diverse that I had a hard time understanding how to design a workshop for them. The team consisted of 7 members from 7 different countries in […]
How to create an effective distributed organization
I recently spoke at the Agile People Conference 2016 about how I coached a distributed organization use the principles and patterns of Sociocracy 3.0 (also referred to as S3) in order to self-reorganize. In this blog I have collected the most frequently asked questions from the audience after the talk and my answers to them. You […]
Agile and Remote Work are meant to be together
I started this blog because I believe agile and remote work are meant to co-exist in peace. Honestly at first, it surprised me to hear so many agile coaches advocate against remote work. Soon I understood where that mindset came from. I started Remote Forever to equip agile coaches, developers and change makers to understand the […]