Tag: Agile mindset
EPiC Sur-Thrival guide part #5: Tools
April 3, 2020
Tools are the backbone of any team working remotely. It is what arms your team to be able to stay connected and productive when they are unable to be physically together. Your tools are there to enable all the other layers of the Sur-Thrival Guide to take place. Watch… For many organisations, having to move […]
EPiC Sur-Thrival guide part #4: Personal Wellbeing
April 2, 2020
With the global impact of COVID-19, we are experiencing a once in a lifetime event, and for many their personal wellbeing has taken a backseat. Yet, if we do not take care of our personal selves, how will we be able to show up and give the best of ourselves to our colleagues, customers and […]
EPiC Sur-Thrival guide part #3: Teams
March 31, 2020
Teams that have been thrown into this remote working situation are quite frankly going to need direction and compassion from their leaders, and a genuine feeling of comradery and a boost of support from each other. It is no longer possible to just make do with fickle tooling while also likely missing out on key […]
EPiC Sur-Thrival guide part #2: Leadership
March 30, 2020
Leadership is taking on a whole new meaning for organisations as they rally to set up their teams to work remotely, and provide clear direction and purpose. Watch… https://youtu.be/IIjaEOL1jKA For leaders in organisations where remote working is embedded in how they work, their focus will tip more towards how they reprioritise, stabilise and innovate to […]
EPiC Sur-Thrival guide part #1: Business Strategy
March 26, 2020
We at EPiC, work with some of Australasia’s biggest organisations on their business agility strategy and implementation. We provide clear and simple guidance on how to drive transformation. This capability allowed our Singapore tribe to comfortably support whole organisations as they suddenly moved to working remotely in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. We provided […]
The EPiC Sur-Thrival Guide: An organisation’s manual to working remotely
March 23, 2020
Introduction Video… Welcome to EPiC’s Sur-Thrival Guide: A holistic handbook for any organisation working remotely. We believe there is a lot of great information being put out there, during the COVD-19 outbreak but nothing that shows a holistic view of working in this way. So we’ve put together a 5-layer guide that touches on EVERYTHING. […]
Don’t let velocity dictate your sprints
February 13, 2020
Are you allowing your velocity to dictate your sprints? Does filling the shopping trolley result in better eating? Is running all day long good exercise? Does driving fast get us anywhere earlier? These are all examples of things that we might get away with once but then we often use that high-risk success as setting […]
Big Room Planning: What is it? Why use it? And how to run one properly
January 16, 2020
So, what is Big Room Planning (BRP)? Big Room Planning is a really simple idea that’s extremely powerful. Basically, it’s all the teams and everyone else needed coming together (in a ‘big room’) to coordinate and collaborate towards a shared understanding of how they’ll achieve outlined business goals over the next quarter (usually). You can always […]
Is Jira making you LESS Agile?
November 7, 2019
Using Jira doesn’t mean you’re Agile, in fact, it could be stopping you from being as Agile as you could be. A common saying we use is that there is a big difference between “doing” Agile and “being” Agile and that’s all to do with your mindset and approach to the work. You can be […]
How To Fix DEAD Standups
October 29, 2019
How are your daily standups going? Great? Or are they a little Shaun of the Dead? I’ve got some hot tips to turn around those dead, daily Scrums. Interested in becoming a Scrum Master? Check out our course here. Watch the video…