Dhaval & Gene: Evolution of Agility

What does it mean to evolve? In this short talk, Dhaval and Gene discuss what has changed and what has remained the same. Companies that prioritize the development of internal software capabilities have performed better than those that treat IT as a standalone function. The implications of these organizational choices on people and their careers … Read more

Fair, Critical Review of “Becoming a Product Coach” by SVPG

The SVPG article “Becoming a Product Coach” offers a blend of truly helpful, experience-based insights and well-meaning, yet oversimplified generalizations. On the one hand, it delivers solid advice for individuals considering a transition into product coaching, especially from a career development lens. On the other hand, it rebrands long-standing industry concepts and introduces some misleading … Read more

Can LeSS Help Dealing With DOGE Without Painful RIFs?

Hello USA! How is your organization dealing with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative? On its surface, DOGE represents a well-intentioned drive to streamline federal operations, cut excess spending, and modernize information systems across agencies. By centralizing savings efforts and aiming for measurable performance improvements, DOGE has surfaced long-standing inefficiencies that warrant attention.  However, … Read more

LeSS Talks: Career Paths on Fire: How Tweaking HR Practices Supercharged Our Scaling Effort

Tweet Do you wish learn about how improved HR norms and policies can further improve your company’s internal dynamics, employees’ relationships, happiness and willingness to stay with the company?  At Y-Soft, people have experimented with improving what has been historically “untouchable” and it made a lot of people happy.  Please play the recording and review Materials/Principles … Read more

Synchronized Sprint Cadence: Thoughtful Decision or Cargo Cult?

Participate in LinkedIn Discussion What is Cargo Cult? It is a term used to describe certain religious movements that emerged primarily in Melanesia, particularly during and after World War II. These movements arose when indigenous populations, observing the influx of material goods (“cargo”) brought by Westerners, believed that these goods were of divine origin. In … Read more

Dhaval Panchal & Gene Gendel AM Coffee Chat: Plan- vs. Results-Driven Orgs

Dhaval Panchal of Evolve Agility and Gene G. of KSTS Consulting talked about plan vs. results-driven companies, in their morning coffee chat. What plan-driven companies pay most attention to? Speed of delivery. Efficiency/productivity of workers. High outputs. What results-driven companies pay most attention to? Adaptiveness. Agility. Short feedback loops. Business outcomes. What organizational structures usually … Read more

Practice What You Preach – Coach & Trainer Wants to Play Product/Manager Owner Role

LinkedIn Post I have spent more than 20 years of my career training and coaching agile, Scrum and Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), to hundreds of teams and thousands of team members.  I have upskilled hundreds Scrum Masters and Product Owners.  Many of my students were also certified by me. Many senior executives have received my … Read more