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Guacamole is the Answer

Turns out guacamole is the answer. I’m not entirely sure what the question is (on a side note, I just found out there is a new Douglas...

Is Timesheeting Bad and Evil?

Clearly from those that have to do it or manage it, the answer is a resounding yes. Is it that clear-cut? Of course not. So let's delve...

Outcomes Over Outputs - 10 Steps to Becoming an Outcome Focussed Org

We set Sales teams quota targets, but we don’t tell them they need to close a specific deal on a specific day. We ask marketing teams to...

A Lesson from Golf to Transform Your Organisation

In my consultancy work I use sporting analogies a lot. My hero growing up was Andre Agassi, and he once said that every tennis match is a...

Your Strategy Sucks: 3 Ways to Fix It

Here’s a stat for you: 5% of employees are aware of and/or understand their company’s strategy. Or an even better one: 71% of employees...

3 Essential Things to Make Offshore Development a Success!

Agilicist have been parachuted into a multitude of organisations to fix issues they’ve had working with geographically distributed teams....

The Death of The Scrum Master

Why Enterprises are moving away from Scrum and back to traditional delivery management. Companies are ditching the Scrum Master role....

Why Should Teams Write Objectives?

One of the most often misunderstood (and often skipped) parts of the PI process is that of Objectives writing. The bit people get wrong...

What You Measure is What You Get Back

“The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.” – William Blake. In the modern world there are...