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Where the Gorilla Looks, the Gorilla Goes
“I just don’t understand how we can be so far off schedule?” I was staring at the reality of the latest monthly progress review and trying to decide just how many floors the General Manager would...
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How Gorillas Connect to Stakeholders
Photo by Danilo Rizzuti “I just don’t get it.” I was staring at the email thread on my screen. I was in utter disbelief as to what it was telling me. Like pulling on a single loose thread unravels a...
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Gaining agile alignment, Gorilla style
“Seriously?!” I was dumbstruck. How did this happen? What I was looking at was nothing short than a monumental divergence of goals. The VP over the product group wanted to open up small satellite...
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What kind of Agile Gorilla should I hire?
Hint, the answer is yes… “Arrrrgghhhh” I let my head fall to my desk with a resounding thud. I let the momentum of the bounce carry my head down again, and again, and again. Honestly I’m surprised my...
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The not so secret ingredients of the Gorilla Coach Cookbook
Source: Wikimedia Commons “I don’t understand, it was a textbook implementation! I should have been able to do it with my eyes closed. ” For once, I was talking to my gorilla willingly. Well not so...
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Agile isn’t about going faster, so say yes.
Source: WikiCommons “So I’ve had a great idea.” Mr. Huggle wandered into my office on one of his unannounced visits. He had a magazine rolled up in his hand and was using it like an orchestration...
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The Gorilla argues that Healthy is more important than “Agile”
My world was running like a well-oiled machine. I looked over my dashboards, flipping through tabs with a gleeful joy as I saw everything in its proper place. We had ten teams running good and proper...
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Gorillas play with Legos: An Enterprise Scrum Simulation
By Alan Chia (Lego Color Bricks) CC BY-SA 2.0 Download Simulation Here “Useless, useless, useless!” I flipped through the pile of classroom feedback for the millionth time. I was hoping that maybe...
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Telling the Gorilla he’s naked is a mistake
CC0 Public Domain – PixHere.com I looked in the mirror and was greeted with a satisfied smile. I looked good, today. My salmon shirt was nicely set off by the patterned eggplant and chambray tie paired...
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Does the Agile Gorilla have to be technical?
WikiCommons “Compile error?!?” I mashed my hands down on my keyboard in frustration, to which the computer helpfully replied, “invalid command”. “You ungrateful hunk of ones and zeros I’ll give you a...
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