Anti Patterns

17 posts — Patterns that are the opposite of good. Why they matter, how to recognize them, and what to do about it

"Bullshipped"

Ignoring the elephants in the room

How much sharpening the axe is enough? 🪓

Giving bad news in Corporate is nearly impossible.

Reorganizing is the most expensive way to solve almost any problem

Stop trying to move so fast; you’re breaking things.

Business Cases: where innovation goes to die.

It's not a "management" problem

Don't read more books about agile

Agile is not your gas pedal, it's your steering wheel

Don't delegate because you hate the work

Overloaded Backlogs are a sign of a weak Strategy

Why does everything take so damn long?!

"What tool should we use? Jira? Miro?"

I had a client attempting 400 projects at once

Top 5 Change Management Traps (and how to avoid them)

It's 2023, and I'm tired of debates about estimation and story points.

Remove your growth pains of Scaling Up

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