The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, is your team waiting for key decisions from management? Is progressed slowed by endless approval meetings? Trust me, I've seen enough of this in all the global organizations I coached. Decision making is often slow! It's exhausting. And it threatens to kill so many transformations. The funny thing is: By passing a request for a decisions up the hierarchy, wait, and wait, and then get the decision isn't even leading to better decisions! In fact,...
12 days ago • 5 min read
The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Hi Reader, connecting people across departments is crucial. Without collaboration there is no productivity, agility, or innovation. Last week we talked about how we can connect experts and teams across silos. But how do we get them to actually collaborate, ask for help, and support each other unconditionally? Well, that's the topic of this week's article. Enter "Wise Crowds"! Upgrade now for the full experience of the Agile Compass: Upgrade to paid Wise...
18 days ago • 6 min read
The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Keynote @ Paris, Jens Hilzensauer and Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, let me tell you about my last week before we dive into the latest Agile Compass article. Because last week was a great example of what the article talks about: connecting people. Paris is among the most beautiful places to work on this planet. So I was thrilled to be invited as the keynote speaker for Saint-Gobain's BeAgile 2025 conference at their wonderful headquarter. It was an honor to...
24 days ago • 9 min read
The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, one aspect of agility is to transition from a command-and-control management style to servant leadership and self-managing teams. But this transition can be hard – for managers as well as workers. Today I want to invite you to explore how we can guide and smoothen this transition in the article below. Upgrade now for the full experience of the Agile Compass: Upgrade to paid From Command-and-Control to Self-Management: Transforming Team Dynamics...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, Do people ask you about best practices in agile? Maybe you looked for agile best practices yourself? This week we'll talk about dangerous best practices that we need to avoid. Upgrade now for the full experience of the Agile Compass: Upgrade to paid Forget These 5 Dangerous Best Practices in Agile! Ah, best practices—the golden ticket to success, right? If you’re an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, leader, or anyone on an agile team, you’ve probably...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Happy New Year Reader, Let's kick this off with a few still too common misconceptions about the Scrum Master accountabilities. Maybe some of them are traps you stepped into yourself? Or maybe you know someone who could benefit from learning about these? Or maybe you wanna add a few more from your own experience (you know you can just reply to these emails to reach me directly)? Upgrade now for the full experience of the Agile Compass: Upgrade to paid 5 Things...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Hi Reader, As the year winds down, it’s natural to reflect on progress and set goals for the next chapter. But here’s a thought: Are we celebrating the right kind of success? This week, I want to challenge a common misconception about innovation and experimentation. Too often, we applaud only the experiments that “work”—the ones that validate our ideas—while quietly sweeping failures under the rug. But real innovation? It thrives on failure. In this week’s...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, it's the holiday season 🎄 This week I have an agile Christmas story for you 🤩 But before we start: I wrapped a little 🎁 for you to put under your own tree: Get the agile games collection for € 10 off now. Got the games collection? Great! Then grab a cup of hot chocolate now and follow me into the land of an agile Christmas tale… Santa’s Agile Christmas Chaos: A Holiday Tale of Misdirected Merriment The North Pole’s New “Transformation” ’Twas the...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
The Agile Compass Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, today we talk about the counter-intuitive practice of limiting your work in progress. But before we start, here are a few recent articles you might have missed: Pass this on: Debunking Common Myths About Agile Break the Task Trap: How Problem-Focused Requirements Drive Success Stop Turning Transparency into a Management Weapon! 13 Simple Hacks to Improve Your Agile Trainings Right Now Improve Workshops and Retrospectives with 1-2-4-All And now...
2 months ago • 4 min read