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I Expected a Fight—Instead, I Learned the Best Business Lesson Ever

by Ravi Verma
on March 26, 2025

More than two decades ago, I had a life-changing experience at a Starbucks. It wasn’t about the coffee—it was about a simple, yet profound, lesson in customer service, leadership, and parenting.

March 04, 2025 • 2 min read

Hacking Scrum! How Adding a Project Manager Role Impacted Value

January 22, 2025 • 1 min read

Software Professional Code Of Ethics

December 04, 2023 • 0 min read

VLOG: No Jacket Required! Dress Code For Your "Transformation"

November 15, 2023 • 0 min read

VLOG: How to Become an Excellent Technology Professional

November 09, 2023 • 0 min read

VLOG: Who is an Excellent Technology Professional?

October 25, 2023 • 2 min read

10 Thinking Hats of Scrum: A Guide to Conflict Resolution

By Janie Purvis

October 03, 2023 • 3 min read

A New Wave of Updates

August 24, 2023 • 2 min read

The First Question to Ask When Scaling Professional Scrum

By Janie Purvis

November 04, 2021 • 1 min read

Nexus Discovery Cheat-Sheet – Scaling Scientific And Professional Scrum With The Nexus Framework

November 02, 2021 • 2 min read

Scrum Discovery Cheat Sheet – From a Superficial to Scientific Understanding of Scrum

August 16, 2021 • 5 min read

Lessons From Michelangelo – How To Crack Tough Nuts & Get Buy-In For Scrum Training

August 11, 2021 • 9 min read

The Scrum Master Is An FFFCDO For Developers!

August 07, 2021 • 2 min read

Why You Should NOT Waste Time & Money on Evidence Based Management!

August 01, 2021 • 3 min read

The Five Most Important Scrum Master Interview Questions

July 27, 2021 • 2 min read

Don’t Use Scrum! (Too Many Darned Meetings) Try This Instead…

July 25, 2021 • 2 min read

How Do You Justify A Scrum Master’s Salary…?

July 22, 2021 • 6 min read

13 Reasons Why The ROI Of Your Agile Training Died! (And How You Can Save It The Next Time)

July 13, 2021 • 5 min read

How A Scrum Master Can “BE” A Co-Active Scrum Coach

July 05, 2021 • 5 min read

The Roots Of Agile Suffering

June 27, 2021 • 4 min read

How To Design An Agile Coaching Alliance

November 26, 2020 • 2 min read

Why A Scrum.org Workshop Got Me Into Alcohol

September 18, 2020 • 3 min read

10 Steps To Strengthen Your Scrum Fundamentals

September 07, 2020 • 3 min read

10 Questions To Help You Get Your First Break On A Scrum Team

July 15, 2020 • 4 min read

The Professional Scrum Product Owner – A Starter Job Description

May 24, 2020 • 5 min read

10 Questions, 1 Belief and 1 Goal: Navigating the Choppy Waters of Self-Organization

January 09, 2020 • 3 min read

How 3 Cups of Tea With Marshall Goldsmith Can Enable Self-Organizing Scrum Teams

October 21, 2019 • 2 min read

6 Ways Scrum Can Help You Adapt To Emerging Threats & Opportunities…

October 21, 2019 • 4 min read

How Scrum-patible Is Your Mental Model? 10 Statements To Get A Reaction…

October 18, 2019 • 2 min read

10 Coaching Questions To Enable Self-Organization

October 17, 2019 • 2 min read

Scaling Professional Scrum From 10 to 10,000: 10 Questions I Wish I Had Known

July 19, 2017 • 8 min read

“Scrum Is A Blank Check For Developers!” – 7 Ways To Stop Them From Emptying Your Bank Account!

July 14, 2017 • 4 min read

Machine Learning & Scrum – 9 Months, 6 Minutes & 1 Niggling Thought…

July 12, 2017 • 16 min read

14 Stances of Highly Effective Product Owners

April 20, 2017 • 9 min read

I’m Not Calling Your Baby Ugly – Two Ways and 25 Dimensions to Compare Agile Scaling Frameworks

January 16, 2017 • 13 min read

SLEEPLESS IN CXO LAND: HOW SMART CXO’S BEAT STRESS WITH STRATEGIC SCRUM

January 05, 2017 • 14 min read

Agility-As-A-Service: 10 Questions For Choice-Based Agile Enablement

January 02, 2017 • 3 min read

2017 Waste Loss Challenge: Reduce Your Sabotagile Quotient!

November 29, 2016 • 4 min read

AGILE OR SABOTAGILE: HELP YOUR MANAGEMENT UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE

November 27, 2016 • 1 min read

SABOTAGILE PRINCIPLES

November 27, 2016 • 1 min read

SABOTAGILE MANIFESTO

November 22, 2016 • 2 min read

SABOTAGILE! – PROVEN TECHNIQUES FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO FAKE AGILE, DEFEND THE STATUS QUO & ADVANCE YOUR CAREER

November 16, 2016 • 6 min read

THE 6 KINDS OF AGILE COACHES – WHICH ARE YOU HIRING (OR APPLYING) FOR?

November 10, 2016 • 7 min read

80 SHADES OF GREY – TOP 10 TIPS TO NAVIGATE THE AMBIGUITIES OF SCRUM & PREPARE FOR THE SCRUM.ORG PSM-1 ASSESSMENT

February 15, 2016 • 6 min read

(Why) Will Agile Work This Time…?

November 10, 2015 • 1 min read

CAN YOU HELP ME WRITE THIS STORY…?

October 04, 2015 • 5 min read

V-P-C + V-W-R: BOOSTING SUSTAINABLE PROFIT WITH A MODERN “SCRUM”-PETITIVE STRATEGY

July 20, 2015 • 11 min read

ENTERPRISE AGILE TRANSFORMATION PART 3 – LESSONS FROM THE DENNIS MUDD SCHOOL OF ROOF REPAIR

June 07, 2015 • 4 min read

ENTERPRISE AGILE TRANSFORMATION PART 2 – NagaVini’s Experiments: The Seeba-V Pivot

May 16, 2015 • 3 min read

ENTERPRISE AGILE TRANSFORMATION PART 1: The Story of B.B. Watts Lawn Service

April 24, 2015 • 7 min read

REFLECTIONS ON SCALING AGILITY WITH SAFe: THOUGHTS AFTER THE 4 DAY SPC COURSE

March 23, 2015 • 9 min read

EMPATHY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT: RESCUING VALUE FROM THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

February 28, 2015 • 7 min read

TRUE CERTIFICATION – EARNED OR PURCHASED?

By Org Whisperers

February 22, 2015 • 10 min read

THE ITER-FALL DIET – WILL IT MAKE YOUR TEAMS AGILE?

February 10, 2015 • 3 min read

IN MEMORIAM – CHRIS BARNHURST, MY FRIEND, MENTOR AND GUIDE

December 24, 2014 • 13 min read

THE TROJAN RETROSPECTIVE – FROM CRICKETS TO CONVERSATIONS!

December 07, 2014 • 8 min read

THE AGILE TROJAN HORSE COVERT APPETIZERS FOR AGILE DISCOVERY PART 1: EMPIRICISM

November 26, 2014 • 18 min read

How The Road to Agile Coaching Made Me A Gambling Addict!

April 27, 2014 • 18 min read

NINE RISKS TO SUSTAINED BUSINESS AGILITY – AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM WITH AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH USING SCRUM!

January 12, 2011 • 6 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 9: Dakara Nani? And The Texas Three Step

January 04, 2011 • 7 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 8: The Groupon Buffet Burglary!

December 31, 2010 • 5 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 7: Waiting for Seeker-Man!

December 26, 2010 • 6 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 6: Sunrise at Haleaakalā

December 12, 2010 • 2 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 5: The Archetypal Blue-Print

December 09, 2010 • 3 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 4: The Undiscovered Country

December 09, 2010 • 4 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 3: The Hero’s Quest

November 30, 2010 • 5 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 2: Games People Play

November 29, 2010 • 4 min read

My Experiments with Entrepreneurship – Chapter 1: At the Cross-Road…

May 01, 2010 • 2 min read

Getting Naked With Jack Bauer – A Cautionary Tale!

April 22, 2010 • 2 min read

From Nojo to Mojo in the Dojo – Part 3

April 10, 2010 • 2 min read

From Nojo to Mojo in the Dojo – Part 2

April 08, 2010 • 1 min read

From Nojo to Mojo in the Dojo – Part 1

April 01, 2010 • 4 min read

The Riveting Tale of Estelle Jones and Indy F Potter – Part 4

March 23, 2010 • 2 min read

The Riveting Tale of Estelle Jones and Indy F Potter – Part 3

March 16, 2010 • 3 min read

The Riveting Tale of Estelle Jones and Indy F Potter – Part 2

March 10, 2010 • 2 min read

The Riveting Tale of Estelle Jones and Indy F Potter – Part 1

December 18, 2009 • 5 min read

From Shawshank to Shorefront

December 01, 2009 • 5 min read

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