May 2025
Accelerate speed to market by ReBooting your delivery approach
This month's newsletter features a keynote talk by Alex Stokes during Agile Perth, a particularly interesting take on AI and Agile by Jurgen Appelo, physical walls - how we miss them!, the latest Gallup State of the Global Workplace and more …enjoy!
What we are saying…
Frameless. Talk at Agile Perth
Video of Alex’s most recent talk Frameless - Empower your Agile Transformation captured as she spoke at the meetup #agileperth
Conference keynote by Alex Stokes
What we’ve been writing…
AI is a better loser than you
What is it about AI’s ability to keep chummily trucking along impervious to bad feedback or failure? You can be better at failing too! Read this blog.
Blog by Alex Stokes
What we’ve been reading…
Agile Agents are the new Agile Frameworks
Agile versus Lean, Scrum versus Kanban, product managers versus project managers, SAFe versus LeSS—the list is endless. Meanwhile, tech billionaires, giant corporations, and a few questionable regimes are racing to dominate AI and shape the future of work.
Article by Jurgen Appelo
Convincing People is hard
So maybe spend your time better by not doing this, and running experiments with them instead.
Article by Maarten Dalmijn
People at Work…
A love letter to Physical Boards
If you are like me you will very much miss the physical boards we used to use to visualise and track work. A love letter by John Cutler to that era, and what comes next.
Gallup State of the Global Workplace
Some eye watering summaries in the latest report, such as Engagement Recedes for the First Time in Four Years(!) Global employee engagement has declined and managers are faring the worst. Read the highlights and download the 2025 report here!
Watching…
ReBoot Co. Agile Fundamentals
We've re-edited and relaunched our flagship online training course! This 18-part video series, led by co-founder Alex Stokes, takes you from Agile history and principles to essential practices and techniques for high-performing teams. Join our online learning community for $200 AUD per seat, or contact us for significant group discounts for your organisation.
Origin Stories…
One of the greatest original Agile conferences in the world is Agile Australia! It’s going to be happening soon in Sydney so don’t miss out on your tickets, we are happy to extend the friends discount to all the readers of our newsletter just use AA25-FRIENDS when you register for tickets.
Did you know Matthew Skelton co-author of Team Topologies will be in keynoting this year?
Deals…
Alex’s book “Empowered Agile Transformation - Beyond the Framework“ is discounted for Australian readers while stocks last, or pick it up on amazon here.
ReBoot Co. are proud to be a Team Topologies APAC Advocate