Business Agility – Beyond Capitalism

Today, we have seen agile taking deep roots in the organization. While it began its humble journey when a group of techies were dis-satisfied with the process, it has now moved beyond that into every nook and corner of many an organization. So, business agility is the new mantra. Author and thought leader Steve Denning […]

Future of Agile coaching – Composites!

I was reading about composite materials or composites a few days back. Composites have made many improvements and breakthroughs possible – from baseball bats, to prosthetic limbs and heat shields for spacecraft. It led me to think about extending the concept of composites to coaching for Agile transformations. Composites essentially blend materials with different physical and […]

Some inferences from the State of DevOps 2017 report

It is always good to learn from others, particularly if the sources are from across industries – as they trigger ideas to apply in our own work areas. While this is one such learning from the IT industry, The latest State of DevOps report for 2017 offers thoughts that can be applied at team level or organization […]

3 People trends to consider in 2016

In previous posts, I had shared the technology and process trends. One common theme across the two is related to better teamwork and collaboration across organizational silos. In this post, I want to share three significant concepts that, when combined with the technology and process patterns, can help you achieve sustainable results. Yes, these are […]

2016: 4 process trends in IT to consider in your plans

Software development used to be known as just software programming in the 1940s. The classic book by Nikolas Wirth in the 1970s – Algorithms + Data structures   = Programs, looked beyond the code written into the larger picture of data structure and algorithms. As the problems solved by software became more pervasive and complex, the […]

2016: 4 Tech trends to consider in your plans

2015 had many new milestones related to technology. One such was IoT – or Internet of Things. I was amused by the nomenclature when I first heard of this – why ‘things’ – usually, to me, a thing is inanimate, that we use. While it can do something, I wouldn’t call it a friend or […]