Facilitation is sometimes seen as simply “leading a meeting” or “hosting a discussion,” but during a recent facilitation skills course, my participants reinforced just how much real skill is involved, and how those can be learned and honed with practice....
- 09 Sep 25
- 2 Min Read
Long-lived Scrum teams very often meet with the situation when they resolve all problems that they can. In this case, the team could be frustrated about the usefulness of Sprint Retrospectives because these don’t help and just waste time. When...
- 02 Sep 25
- 6 Min Read
My expectation to be perfect was ruining my video, but authenticity saved it 🎥 In the speaker group for Women in Agile Europe, we were all asked to send in a short promo video for our talks. One of the...
- 26 Aug 25
- 2 Min Read
Designing for momentum When I volunteered for the Online Scrum Master Summit 2025 as part of the marketing and creative team, I didn’t just join a campaign, I approached it like I would any product. Each initiative, each visual, message,...
- 19 Aug 25
- 4 Min Read
🔥𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐃𝐎 𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃!🔥 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: you’re sitting at a conference, around 100 people in the room. Suddenly someone says: 👉 ‘If you’ve never done live graphic recording and want to try –...
- 29 Jul 25
- 2 Min Read
(and What Scrum Masters Can Do About It) Using the Competing Values Framework to understand the unseen tensions we’re caught in At the Online Scrum Master Summit 2025, I started my talk with a vulnerable story and a simple but...
- 22 Jul 25
- 4 Min Read
I had the pleasure of joining the International Product Owner Day on May 15th, hosted by Achmea, It Circle, and Rabobank at the Rabobank headquarters in Utrecht. And I have to say: it was one of those afternoons where everything...
- 03 Jun 25
- 3 Min Read
Embracing Neurodivergent Strenghts 🔥 Growing up neurodivergent came with its own set of challenges, and one of the hardest was struggling with reading comprehension when asked to read out loud. Teachers would ask us to read passages and then answer...
- 19 Feb 25
- 3 Min Read
Agile Gatherings invited an OSMS volunteer to share her unique experience at this successful Agile conference. Welcome Jennifer Joynt (JJ), our interviewed Agilist of the week! What motivated you to become an OSMS volunteer in 2024? JJ: I volunteered at...
- 16 Dec 24
- 3 Min Read
Allen Jellas teaches about using attendees feedback to make your event more Agile… Our brain is wired evolutionary that it is going to trigger either a threat (negative response) or a reward (positive response). Feeling threatened blocks our creativity, reduces...
- 15 Oct 24
- 3 Min Read
