Hey everyone… thought it was worth noting that LeadingAgile had our six year anniversary this week. It’s been a hell of a run from just Dennis and I to over 60 people. I want to thank all the loyal readers of this blog… our customers… our employees… and all the awesome folks that have guided […]

In case anyone is interested, here is my talk from Monday’s session at Agile 2016. Thanks to everyone that made it out. Had a great time. The Executives Guide from Mike Cottmeyer

I spend a lot of time thinking about these two words. When LeadingAgile talks about forming teams and building organizational structures, we rely on the notion of encapsulation to increase local autonomy, and therefore empower the people doing the work to make local decisions. When we talk about orchestration, we understand that anything which cannot […]

I’ve got most of this week dedicated to pulling together my Agile2016 presentation. This isn’t the latest I’ve ever waited to start writing my talk, so I kinda feel like I am ahead of the game. In reality, this talk is effectively the next step, the next chapter if you will, in the story I’ve […]

Back when I was a project manager I read something that stuck with me. Great project managers take the complexity of what’s happening on the ground and reflect that in a plan such that people can understand and make good decisions. Said another way, the plan is a useful abstraction of reality. I used to […]