PinnedScrum Master vs Working RemotelyMortal Combat From now on, your workday starts with a battle. A battle not to live, but to work. Your sofa’s calling you with its soft pillows; your blanket reminds of how good it is to sleep. As soon as you win this battle by walking past your couch and to your…Remote8 min readRemote8 min read
Feb 9Member-onlyGaudi’s Agile Ways of WorkingInspired by Lessons from Masters, Part II — In the first part of this series, we’ve enjoyed the mesmerising colours of the Sagrada Familia and made our way through Gaudí’s Agile Ways of Working. Our journey was all about the empirical, iterative approach and the master’s great ability to create a great environment for efficient collaboration. …Agile6 min readAgile6 min read
Feb 9Member-onlyGaudi’s Agile Ways of WorkingInspired by Lessons from Masters — Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is bathed in sunset light, and I’m watching the procession of colours. They find a place among the forest of columns. My dreamy thoughts are nowhere near my work. But suddenly the colour show is over. I’m in a hurry to catch the last few minutes of…Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Jul 11, 2021Upgrade your Online Working SpaceDo you benefit from working remotely the most? Have you managed to protect your employees concentration and reload time? Let’s check together! — When companies adopt working from home, most people considerably improve their online working skills. But it doesn’t necessarily mean that they use the advantages of that mode to the maximum. After a set of interviews with newly minted remote workers at a big corporate SimCorp and advising several startups, I…Slack9 min readSlack9 min read
May 11, 2021PeruI’d like to remember this awesome trip in as much details as possible, and there’s no better way than to write it down. If you’re going to Peru soon, our travel route and tips are described specially for you :) — We designed our travel itinerary based on altitude. Cuzco, the heart of the mountain Peru, is the place where all the spicy routes start, and it’s at about 3400 meters above the sea level. Therefore, we started from Machu Picchu at “just” 2430 meters. …Traveling11 min readTraveling11 min read
Published in The Liberators·Feb 11, 2021Remote event at scale? Challenge accepted!The magical online Agile Camp you do not want to miss — This guest post was written by our friends from SimCorp, Maryanne Kmit, Yuliia Pieskova, Anne Aaroe, Renato Claudino, Jesper Ingvardtsen, Poul Mejlsted, kschutter, and Sven Kuehnel. …Remote Working13 min readRemote Working13 min read
Jun 14, 2020Sprint Reviews: at scale and remotelyAt the turbulent remote era, it’s high time to look into the unconventional approaches to sprint reviews. They proved to be of great help while scaling our remote and heavily distributed team. Let’s also look into some routines that made it safe and easy to experiment on a regular basis…Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Jan 19, 2020How to cook up a positive atmosphere for your teamDedicated to the scoutbee team :) “How do you keep such a positive atmosphere?” This question took me completely by surprise. I always took it for granted, but only at that moment did I understand how much we’d achieved thanks to it: creativity flourishment, tolerance, boosted efficiency and engagement… I…Self Improvement8 min readSelf Improvement8 min read
Jan 1, 2017Thai 2016When I am thinking about our trip to Thai, I remember the fresh wind in the mountain temple and the tender play of small bells with the uproarious laughter of birds. The wetness of the air with millions of smells and cheap low quality and so tasty cold coffee. Disgusting…Travel9 min readTravel9 min read
