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Product Owner: Not a Hippo

Many teams nominate the boss as the Product Owner, but that isn’t always the right choice. Sure, we need a visionary, a communicator and someone with great relationships. We don’t need a HIPPO.

by Nick Cousins July 8, 2021

Small Iterations: The essence of agile

To be agile is to be able to move quickly and adapt. If you work in small iterations, you can do this because you have lower risk and lower cost of change. But how does this work in practice?

by Nick Cousins June 29, 2021

Retro: My favourite meeting

Can you imagine turning the daily gripes and groans from your team into something that transforms your business and delivers value? That’s why Retro is my favourite meeting.

by Nick Cousins June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

What I’ve learned about: Stand-ups

I’ve taken part in over 1,500 stand-ups in my career – the good, the bad and the ugly. I’ve learned a lot – and I’d like to share five things I’ve learned that turn banal update meetings into team-energising value-generating self-organising super-tools.

by Nick Cousins June 8, 2021June 8, 2021

Bad Developer, Good Developer

How do you know if you’re a bad developer or a good developer? Well, first you need to see a picture of each.

by Nick Cousins July 21, 2020July 21, 2020

Monkeys, Eisenhower, and why I need to stop doing things myself

One of the most valuable skills as a leader is delegation. Without delegation, you may be the boss, but you’re not a leader. In many ways, effective delegation is the surest measurement of the quality of a leader. Trusting your team to do a job really well, giving them the freedom to do so, and […]

by Nick Cousins July 20, 2020July 13, 2020