Organizational Design

What Type Of Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters Will AI Eat For Lunch?

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Presentation to PMINJ Chapter on 02/12/2026 – Download Slides AI Generated humor Previous Related Publications You Get What you Ask For: Agile Coaches-“Centaurs” Avoid False Equivalency In Selecting Your Guides Scrum Master’s Resume To Steer Away From Before You Cancel Out Agile Coaching And Say “Agile Is Dead” – Read This! Why Agile Roles Are … Read more

Product Definition as a Function of Tech Stack Ownership: How Cloud Models Can Explain Certain Limitations

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We often talk about a product definition, as a function of organizational design. Very true. Here are some additional thoughts on a product definition, as a function of technology stack ownership, with an organizational design, of course, also being a factor. In modern organizations, few things reveal strategic maturity more clearly than the way a … Read more

AI Fever and the Great Hiring Implosion: When Machines Hire Machines

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Somewhere between the “AI revolution” and the “future of work,” companies collectively lost their minds. In a frenzy to look innovative and data-driven, they handed over one of their most critical human functions—hiring other humans—to algorithms that can’t even explain their own decisions. The result? A beautiful mess of corporate self-sabotage wrapped in buzzwords, dashboards, … Read more

The Power of System Thinking: Understanding Organizations And Their System Dynamics

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Introduction Organizations are not simple machines that can be tuned by tightening one screw or swapping out one part. They are living ecosystems made up of people, processes, tools, and norms. These ecosystems operate through dynamic cause-and-effect relationships—feedback loops that can either improve, stabilize or deteriorate the system. System Thinking provides a way to see … Read more

Product Owner’s Influence & Empowerment “Meter”

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When Organizations Get the Product Owner Role Wrong When organizations begin adopting lean, agile ways of working, there is usually a moment that quietly determines whether the entire effort has a real chance of succeeding or is already heading toward disappointment. Oddly enough, it is not the tooling decision, the framework selection, or even the … Read more