Hybrid Work As the Norm Is Every Non-Agile Micro-Manager’s Nightmare

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While it’s a privilege to do the work we do and hear the things we hear, it still leaves me despondent at times when I hear the kind of things I've been hearing over the last couple of weeks from the industry.

Most times it’s the mindless process that overcomes a common-sense need of constantly reevaluating its purpose that it can all be traced to. And from that, the senseless ceremonies, the empty wording and the associated heartache.

Let's face it, that alone would provide enough fodder for extreme eye rolls and head shakes for an eternity, but the ways in which organisations choose to mess up both Agile and their people, have gotten more “innovative” of late.

One of the latest is the “But are they going to really keep working if remote/hybrid and the world is no longer locked down?" question.