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The unaccepted request or offer: the beginning of mistrust
Imagine this scene: a leader asks for a task to be completed by tomorrow. There is no clear answer, but it is assumed that the request...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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Does your team complain about having too many meetings?
Why do we meet so much? In many organisations, meetings have become a necessary evil - have we ever stopped to question the real need...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Sep 5, 20241 min read
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Are You Investing in the Right Place to Improve Your Team's Performance?
I client had invested time, money and resources in training his team and redesigning his work structures. But despite all that effort,...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Aug 26, 20241 min read
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A story about navigating conflicts of values
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where cultural differences create a chasm in your team? Navigating and resolving conflict is...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Aug 10, 20242 min read
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The difference between talking to propose and talking to listen
How often do you find discussions turning into battles of opinion rather than opportunities for problem-solving? Recently, in a South...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Aug 1, 20241 min read
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How to Improve Your Team's Efficiency and Reliability
Introduction: It's frustrating when teams don't deliver as expected and deadlines are rarely met. This common issue can stem from...
Javier Perez Fernandez
May 17, 20242 min read
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Flight Levels Masterclass in Madrid Summary
On the 7th of September I organised in Madriagil a meetup on how to introduce the Flight Levels model in organisations at the OnTruck...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Sep 10, 20231 min read
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#noestimates maybe is not a good idea
Thinking about having your teams stop estimating? Maybe it's not the best decision. This week, a very good scrum master friend of mine...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Feb 10, 20222 min read
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Creating high impact workshops
Have you attended or facilitated a workshop that you felt had very poor results? Two agile coaches I work with have asked me in recent...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Jan 30, 20222 min read
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Three elements to consider for a successful organisational transformation
There is no recipe to ensure success in organisational change. As it is a complex problem, there is no causality, it is not possible to...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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A internal responsibility story: the leader who blamed his team.
As leaders, we have to start by managing ourselves, and unfortunately this is not always the case. Last week I had dinner with a friend...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Dec 29, 20212 min read
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A frequent problem I am experiencing with agile coaches
Lately I have been coaching several individual coaches . Some of them are scrum masters who have been there for a little more than a year...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Dec 6, 20211 min read
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A story about becoming aware of the culture
Have you ever asked yourself how to measure culture change? How do you know if your organization is becoming agile? A client asked me to...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Nov 24, 20212 min read
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My view about paircoaching
Do you believe that 2 agile coaches pairing is a waste? In my opinion you are wrong. When a coach is alone in a coaching situation, even...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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A story about influencing a group: 1B - 1A
Have you ever had the feeling that a group doesn't listen or that you are not able to explain yourself? When I started working as a scrum...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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A daily standup story: Everyone talking at the same time!
A recently formed scrum team was demonstrating this behaviour during their daily standup: multiple people started to talk at the same...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Oct 27, 20211 min read
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A story about scrum implementation: the incoherent leader
The leader of an organization wanted to communicate as soon as possible to his teams that they were going to start working using scrum...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Oct 20, 20212 min read
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A tribe forming story: The awkward silence
Have you ever been in a situation where it seems that no one dares to speak up? Recently I supported the kick off of a new 40-person...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Oct 13, 20211 min read
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A story about self-management: the sabotaged workshop
With 10 minutes left to go, the leaders of the organisation approached me and dictated how a 20 people workshop would go: they had a...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Oct 6, 20212 min read
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A story about an organisational agility enabler: visualising value generation
In 2018 in Madrid, I worked with several scrum teams. My clients's main goal was that the teams demonstrate a continuous improvement...
Javier Perez Fernandez
Sep 29, 20212 min read
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