Collection of my learnings, philosophy, mistakes & observations.https://observance.io/en-ushttps://observance.io/blog/impressions-first-2-weeks-at-inxm/https://observance.io/blog/impressions-first-2-weeks-at-inxm/My newest adventure came with lots of changes: from working in an enterprise-y setup to joining a startup, from leading a globally distributed setup of almost 200 people to being one of the 4 devs, and from dabbling in AI-assisted tools and the agentic ecosystem to being at the bleeding edge of it. This blog post records my impressions from the first two weeks of this adventure.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTimpressionscultureagilehttps://observance.io/blog/why-agile-may-not-be-working-for-you/https://observance.io/blog/why-agile-may-not-be-working-for-you/Despite sustained & substantial investments in agile transformation, many teams are struggling to transform. This is an opinion post pondering if scaling the supply of skilled agilist is the reason.Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTisAgileDeadtransformationagilehttps://observance.io/blog/making-scope-negotiable/https://observance.io/blog/making-scope-negotiable/We are told to make our work visible & negotiate on scope. Many teams struggle with making their scope negotiable, either by showing too little, thus making negotiations hard. Or show too much, leading to meandering discussions. This post gives some practical tipsSun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTisAgileDeadtransformationagileestimationhttps://observance.io/blog/making-story-points-work/https://observance.io/blog/making-story-points-work/Story Points were invented to ease the pain of estimates, are they still being used as they were designed?Sat, 20 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTisAgileDeadtransformationagileestimationhttps://observance.io/blog/common-mistakes-made-with-experimentation/https://observance.io/blog/common-mistakes-made-with-experimentation/Healthy teams are rarely satisfied with status quo, they tinker & they improve. However, there are many ways it can go wrong!Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTtipsteam healthinnovationhttps://observance.io/blog/how-to-setup-to-innovate-pt-1/https://observance.io/blog/how-to-setup-to-innovate-pt-1/Innovate or Die, that seems to be the mantra for running a successful business in today's world. But how do you do that?Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTtipstransformationinnovationhealthy teamhttps://observance.io/blog/lessons-from-csgo-teamwork/https://observance.io/blog/lessons-from-csgo-teamwork/I learnt a lot about team work, dynamics, personalities by playing CS:GO, a video game. These helped me immensely in my career, I am passing this knowledge along.Sat, 11 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMTlearningteamworkcounterstrikeCS:GO