My new whitepaper “Scrum. Not Scrum. (Redefining the Future Through the Roots)” is now available. I derived the content from the new book I am writing. That new book will hold my vision on how to deeply and systemically redesign organizations towards a more humane system based on a new development paradigm in which ‘productivity’ is about value and is aligned with ‘humanity’. Revisiting the roots of what is called “Scrum” showed me the path to shaping the future of development as part of a better world to live and work in.
In December (2025) I started working on a new book. Again. And at the same time…finally. Over the years I have gone through several attempts to write a new book, but they all ended up in the bin. This time was different. Maybe it was some inner drive that made it feel different?
In 2019 I shared my observations about what I called The Illusion of Agility in a short movie and in a whitepaper. They hold my observations on what I had seen happening with most—if not all—so-called ‘Agile Transformations’ or similar attempts of organizations to become Agile by adopting Scrum or otherwise. Because pointing out the problem (“inspection”) without offering a way out (“adaptation”) is hardly helpful, at the same time I also shared my advice to “Re-imagine your Scrum” in a short movie. However, I never got to writing the full whitepaper until the fall of 2025. Finally publishing this whitepaper really was the spark I needed to get going on a new book.
The plan was to elaborate on the ideas of “Re-imagining (your) Scrum”, expand and enrich it with ideas of “Moving (your) Scrum Downfield” and add a chapter on why and how to “Humanize the Workplace”. These are the topics of most of my speaking engagements since 2020.
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