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How I helped developers talk about feelings and needsNDC Copenhagen 20262026-06-01
A cross‑functional, mostly remote team runs a three-hour remote workshop after one-on-ones reveal simmering clashes; the facilitator uses rules of engagement…
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We need more managersAgile meets Architecture 20252025-04-03
Argues that management is a learnable skill essential for healthy organisations, not overhead: cites Spotify’s 1,500 layoffs that degraded operations, a…
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Autonomous teams require great technical leadersAgile meets Architecture 20252025-04-03
Claim: autonomous teams succeed only when a frame, explicit accountability, and mature technical leadership exist. Example: a company with hundreds of…
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Psychological Safety and Mental Health in Times of CrisisAgile Testing Days 20242024-11-19
Defines psychological safety via Edmondson and gives concrete steps: run a quick daily mood 1–5 check-in and track trends, add a short “how are you” to…
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Autonomous teams require great managersØredev 20242024-11-06
Claim: true autonomy only works when managers set frames coach skills and run the system. Evidence: three required elements — team manager system — and a case…
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Autonomous teams require great managersCPH DevFest 20242024-08-26
Claim: autonomous teams only work when three things exist together — a competent stable team, a skilled manager, and a supportive system. Concrete failures…
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Agile Coach meets ManagerAgile meets Architecture Berlin 20232023-10-05
Experience shows managers get promoted for craft, not people skills, and often lack training for difficult conversations, salary reviews and conflict…
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From Agile coach to manager. And back. Or did I go backAgile on the Beach 20232023-07-06
Leaves a coaching practice to become half coach half manager at a startup scaling from ~20 to ~400 people, runs big‑room planning, creates a mental‑health…
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Panel: Psychological Safety vs AccountabilityAgile Tour London 20212021-10-21
Defines psychological safety as the ability to speak up for learning and continuous improvement, contrasts three kinds of accountability (good/bad/ugly), and…
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Being fully you - to the workplace and beyondAgile on the Beach 20212021-09-02
Argues that professionalism combines craft competence and full humanity, not silence or a mask: know your work, admit when you don’t know, and bring honesty…
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Feeling Safe to be UncomfortableAgile Testing Days 20182018-11-12
Argues that psychological safety is what lets people leave comfort zones and actually learn, not the opposite, and shows it with concrete practices: explicit…
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