10x Productivity: What the Promise Leaves Unaccounted For
Your team’s “10x” AI-accelerated capacity isn’t stable — it fluctuates unpredictably. Is your planning accounting for that?
The Variation You Know vs. The Variation You Don't
Are AI coding assistants reducing variation in your team — or just making it invisible? The evidence cycle is younger than you think.
No time to change: When Knowing There's a Better Way Isn't Enough
Knowing there’s a better way isn’t enough. What stops teams from changing — even when the cost of staying stuck is obvious?
The Comfort of a Bad Outcome
Why do teams cling to broken processes? A UCL study explains more about software delivery than you might expect.
What Happens After Your Two-Year Agile Transformation (And Why Lasting Change Takes Longer Than You Think)
Two years of agile transformation delivers the structure. Lasting change requires building the capability to keep improving. Here’s the difference.
Momentum Lag: When "We're Doing Scrum" Becomes the Ceiling
Momentum Lag occurs when framework adoption is treated as destination rather than foundation, causing productivity gains to erode without continued systematic improvement.
Value Lag: When Process Conformance Replaces Problem Solving
Over the past two weeks, I’ve explored patterns that signal agile transformations have plateaued. Week 1 introduc…
Behavioral Lag: When Practices Change But Patterns Don't
Behavioral lag occurs when organisations adopt new practices but communication patterns don’t evolve, causing both sides to revert to old habits under pressure.
Has your agile transformation stopped delivering returns? Three Lags That Signal Your Transformation Has Plateaued
Three patterns explain why agile transformations plateau: behavioral lag, value lag, and momentum lag between adopted practices and business results.
Anticipating the Security Wake-Up Call: Lessons the history
Why we’re heading for another security crisis. And why the way out is not sexy enough to merit decision makers to adopt improvement practices.