Tag Archives: agile

Last chance to Empower your Team

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Ian Brockbank

Are you surrounded by victims? Do you feel surrounded by people who don’t care? Are you always the one who has to pick up the pieces? Are you fed up of inquests when things go wrong? What if you could … Continue reading →

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How do we explain Agile?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Ian Brockbank

“No-one wants to be agile. They don’t even want to do agile. They just want to appear agile.”  “Training companies are propagating a shallow understanding and superficial ways because there is a huge market.” “We are now seeing second and … Continue reading →

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Last few days for early-bird on Christopher Avery

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Ian Brockbank

The early-bird discount on Christopher Avery’s workshop Leading And Coaching People to Take Responsibility and Demonstrate Ownership in Edinburgh runs out at the end of September.  Get in soon to secure your discount, and use code AGILESCOT14 to get a … Continue reading →

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Discounts on Christopher Avery – get in quick!

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Ian Brockbank

Only a few days left for super-early-bird discount on Christopher Avery’s workshop Leading And Coaching People to Take Responsibility and Demonstrate Ownership in Edinburgh on 14th November.  Get in by Friday 5th September to secure a £200 discount, bringing the … Continue reading →

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Are your customers satisfied?

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Ian Brockbank

.. and are you willing to settle for that? For their latest book, The Lean Mindset (great book, btw – buy it on Amazon here), Mary and Tom Poppendieck took a long hard look at where we are now and … Continue reading →

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Overcoming 7 Common Pitfalls of Transitioning to Agile

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Ian Brockbank

Johanna Rothman will be in Edinburgh in next week with Gil Broza, and she has agreed to do a free evening session for the Lean/AgileScotland community on the night before the course starts. Date: Wednesday 21st May, 7:30pm Venue: Wolfson … Continue reading →

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Last day for early-bird discount on The Influential Agile Leader

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Ian Brockbank

If you’ve been following this blog you’ll have heard that The Influential Agile Leader is coming to Edinburgh in May.  Today (8th February) is the last day for the early-bird discount.  We have over 20 attendees already, with a limit … Continue reading →

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Only a few days left for 33% off The Influential Agile Leader

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Ian Brockbank

If you’re reading this blog, I assume you believe Agile/Lean development improves how and what we deliver, and improves the quality of life for the teams as well – or at least, you’re interested in it. Do you really feel … Continue reading →

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Do you want to be SAFe?

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Ian Brockbank

Agile software development is easy in a single co-located team. (Well, maybe easy is an exaggeration…). But what happens if you’re trying to do something that is bigger than 7-9 people can accomplish? How do you scale to multiple teams … Continue reading →

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The Influential Agile Leader discount code

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Ian Brockbank

The Influential Agile Leader – Edinburgh 22nd-23rd May 2014 Gil has given me a discount code worth £100 off this event – use ASC_IAL_2014 when booking. And get in before 31st December for a massive 33% super-early-bird discount. Are you … Continue reading →

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