Skills That Pay over $100k a Year

3 Skills That Pay over $100k a Year In 2025 – No Bachelor’s Degree Required

In this post, I’ll share Skills That Pay over $100k a Year. While your friends are drowning in $38,375 of student loan debt (the average in America today) and spent four years of their lives chasing a diploma, you could be earning a six-figure income with skills you mastered in less than a year. I’m…

software testing quiz. Challenge Your Software Testing Skills with This Free Quiz!

Challenge Your Software Testing Skills with This Free Quiz!

Would you like to challenge yourself and put your software testing knowledge to the test? This 15-question software testing quiz is designed to challenge your understanding of core testing concepts, including principles, methodologies, and practices in both traditional and Agile environments. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned professional, these thought-provoking questions will push you…

Unmasking the 'Strategy' That's Sabotaging Your Agile Transformation

Unmasking the Strategy That’s Sabotaging Your Agile Transformation

Many strategy execution processes fail in IT, especially when adopting the Scrum framework because the firm does not have something worth executing. The Scrum consultants come in, do their work, and document the new approach in a PowerPoint presentation and a detailed report. Town hall meetings are organized, employees are told to change their behavior,…

From What Do You Want to Be to Yes, All of the Above

From What Do You Want to Be? to Yes, All of the Above

Introduction When ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ becomes ‘Yes, all of the above,’ you’ve entered the realm of career agility —where limits dissolve and reinvention becomes the norm. Some folks climb the corporate ladder. Others construct entire career kingdoms. While most of us celebrate small victories like mastering the office…

Getting Things Done Workflow

Do You Know What Happens When You Mashup Getting Things Done with Scrum?

Have you heard about the Getting Things Done Methodology before? The Problem Maria stared at her computer screen, overwhelmed by the 127 unread emails, dozens of Slack notifications, and a Trello board so full it required constant scrolling. As a product manager for a growing tech company, she was responsible for coordinating multiple teams, tracking…

Is a Scrum Career Right for You Assess, Align, and Advance

Is a Scrum Career Right for You? Assess, Align, and Advance

I wake up every morning and start digging. Digging into the facts. I parse every statement made! I look for supporting documentation. I seek, you know, countervailing opinions from around the world. I spend hours doing this every single day. Because my job is to hold myself accountable for what I teach. So, for you,…

The Three Sieves of Socrates

The Socratic Three Sieves Shortcut to Scrum Fit

Guiding Someone Through Socrates’ Three Sieves Have you ever heard of The Socratic Three Sieves? Let me walk you through what happened when one colleague used them to uncover her Scrum potential. — One day, after a particularly grueling sprint planning meeting (you know, the kind where everyone’s eyes glaze over by slide three), one…

Scrum Career Path: Is It Right for You? Discover Your Ideal Role Today

Scrum Career Path – Is It Right for You? Discover Your Ideal Role Today

If you are thinking about changing careers or searching for the right first step in your professional journey, how do you choose with the business world evolving so fast? Who can predict what skills will truly matter tomorrow? Making the right career choice is one of the most defining decisions you’ll ever make—it impacts not…

The 5-Minute Response Rule for Agile Success

The 5-Minute Response Rule for Agile Success

The secret to a successful Agile Success and career in Scrum isn’t just about completing projects or hitting deadlines—it’s about fostering an environment where your team can perform at its best. A big part of that is how you handle the inevitable challenges, questions, and requests that arise during a sprint. The speed and effectiveness…