Food for Agile Thought’s issue #156—shared with 18,778 peers—focuses on servant leadership, why change cannot be rushed, and how one road to enterprise business agility may look like.
We also have a look at mental models for product managers/owner; we learn how free time from our schedules to run user interviews regularly, and how to avoid failure when reaching for product/market fit.
Lastly, we like to thank Bartosz for compiling a great list of resources to help us to apply servant leadership in the trenches. 🙏
Have a great week!
🏆 The Essential Read
: Scrum Mastery: 5 Actions Of An Effective Servant-Leader
Stephanie Ockerman explores how to be an effective servant-leader.
Agile, Scrum & Servant Leadership
(via Medium): Curated list of books and videos which inspire
Bartosz Rakowski created a great list of books, videos, blog-posts, and practices for scrum masters and agile coaches.
: The Pace of Change
Len Lagestee reflects on why you can’t schedule the (change) revolution.
(via InfoQ): The 7 Steps to Enterprise Business Agility
In this video, Brad Bennett and Lisa Duty discuss the Enterprise Business Agility Model (EBA).
Product & Lean
: Product Management Mental Models for Everyone
Brandon Chu shares his toolbox of mental models for product managers.
: How to Make Time for Customer Interviews and Validation
Rich Mironov shares his recipe of how to consistently make time for customer interviews.
(via Mind The Product): Mastering the Problem Space for Product/Market Fit
Dan Olsen, the author of The Lean Product Playbook, tackles in this video the critical components of product/market fit and how to achieve it.
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🗞️ Last Week’s Food for Agile Thought Edition
Read more: Food for Agile Thought #155: Agile Data, Team Building Guide, Lean Startup Is a Failure, Customer-Driven?.