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Your Data Means Nothing Without The Story

Introduction I don’t need to see research from the New York Times to make the following assumption — we are surrounded by more data than...

Jeremy Willets

Oct 18, 20226 min read

Are You A Single Point of Failure?

Introduction I remember the first time I heard of the “hit by the bus” rule. I was talking to a colleague who mentioned a need to...

Jeremy Willets

Sep 26, 20227 min read

Whoever Comes Are the Right People

Introduction A recent Agile conference experience got me thinking about the people who were there, as well as the people who were not...

Jeremy Willets

Aug 22, 20226 min read

Cadence and Agile Habits

Cadence and Agile Introduction I can almost guarantee you that the first time I heard the word “cadence” was back in grade school music...

Jeremy Willets

Jul 25, 20225 min read

Are Scrum Masters The New Project Managers?

Introduction I recently spent some time auditing collateral from a major consultancy on the role of Scrum Master. This included multiple...

Jeremy Willets

Mar 12, 20227 min read

Leadership Lesson: Repeating Your Message

Introduction I’ve been an Agile leader for more than a decade. One of the lessons that I wish I would have learned sooner was the...

Jeremy Willets

Feb 3, 20228 min read

Resetting Music Streaming a Test of Business Agility

Introduction Music streaming has become ubiquitous in the last decade and is now the default way that a vast majority of the public...

Jeremy Willets

Aug 8, 202110 min read

The Role of Managers in an Agile Team

Introduction If you’ve read the Scrum Guide or checked out the SAFe “big picture,” you’ve undoubtedly noticed that there’s no mention of...

Jeremy Willets

Jul 12, 20217 min read

Finding Nick Drake

I first heard about Nick Drake from legendary British DJ John Peel. I remember looking at Peel’s all-time Festive Fifty holiday...

Jeremy Willets

Jul 3, 20213 min read

How fast can you release?

This question comes up for me quite often; whether it’s when I’m working with people and teams in the world of tech, or thinking about...

Jeremy Willets

Jun 29, 20214 min read

On Agile Jargon…

I sometimes find myself in the situation where I need to describe what I do as a vocation to someone; someone I’ve just met, a family...

Jeremy Willets

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Start with Why

It’s probably been 20 years since I first heard the term “blog.” They certainly aren’t a new thing. So why am I choosing to start one...

Jeremy Willets

Jun 21, 20212 min read

About Me

I started in software as a Technical Writer on a Scrum team more than a decade ago. It wasn’t long before I fell in love with Agile. I’ve served thriving organizations as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Senior Agile Coach, Release Train Engineer, and mentor. I’ve even been fortunate enough to speak at a few conferences. When I’m not working with people and teams, you can find me with my family, writing on Substack (https://jeremywillets.substack.com/), or maybe even making music as TLNGO (https://tlngo.net).

I am the co-author of “Mastering Work Intake: From Chaos to Predictable Delivery” with Tom Cagley.