Writing about habits, growth, struggles and people in Agile teams.

I share what really happens when you build and lead agile teams. Wins and mistakes. Good days and messy ones. Always clear. Always practical. So you can test it with your own team tomorrow.

My vision on 2026: Human First, Supported by AI

Agentic AI is becoming mainstream. Not chatbots that generate text, but agents that execute actions themselves. Send emails. Deploy code. Move data. Control processes. Create tasks. Trigger workflows. Agents work autonomously. They communicate with each other. They build on context. And they do that within boundaries you must determine... boundaries most teams haven't thought about yet.

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Two Worlds: Safety vs. Pressure

Two people. Two worlds. Aiko works in safety. Jake works in pressure. Both deliver results. Both face limits. This story explores what happens when trust meets ambition and why every team needs to learn when to slow down, speed up and ride the waves together.

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Ownership is not a switch you flip. So what is it then?

Ownership is not a switch you flip. It’s part of the culture. And culture is more than a slide in a deck or a mural of slogans on the wall. “We take ownership.” “We are transparent.” Looks nice, but it’s empty if no one lives it...

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Deep democracy in teams: Stop talking, start deciding

Everyone knows the feeling. Another meeting where people talk for almost an hour and nothing gets decided. The loud ones dominate. The quiet ones stay quiet. At the end you wonder how much work you could have done in that wasted time. But it can be different...

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