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Chris Combe (he / him)

Chris Combe (he / him)

Organizing agile coaches

We have seen articles of late, that talk about organizations getting rid of ‘agile’ roles CapitalOne being the most recent example and it…

8 min readAug 21, 2023

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Organizing agile coaches

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Chris Combe (he / him)

Agile performance reviews and compensation

What to do in a cross-functional team, when your organization is still using its existing approach to performance management and…

12 min readAug 6, 2023

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Agile performance reviews and compensation

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Chris Combe (he / him)

The agile police force

Editor note: Chris Matts pointed out that John Cuttler also has a blog by the same name, I only found this out after I authored the article…

9 min readJun 26, 2023

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Agile Police Force (from Team America — World Police)

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Chris Combe (he / him)

When Agile becomes a jerk

I was recently at a book club and someone made a point that got me thinking. The book club was discussing Jim Benson’s amazing book “The…

3 min readJan 29, 2023

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When Agile becomes a jerk

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Chris Combe (he / him)

2022 a year in review

Having started this blog in 2022 and keeping to a regular routine, I thought it would be interesting to capture some lessons learned.

3 min readDec 31, 2022

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2022 a year in review

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Chris Combe (he / him)

When cross-functional teams meet design

I’ve recently started getting into the topic of user experience, design and what it means to run a team of designers, thinking about how…

4 min readDec 4, 2022

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When cross-functional teams meet design

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Chris Combe (he / him)

When leadership meets culture

As many people will have noticed, there is a new owner in town for Twitter and that is having a radical effect on the organization, the…

6 min readNov 20, 2022

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When leadership meets culture

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Chris Combe (he / him)

The unintended consequences of gamification

These days, the world is making things a game, reading the most books, completing the most certifications etc… it is such an attractive…

4 min readNov 13, 2022

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The unintended consequences of gamification

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Chris Combe (he / him)

The perils of spoon feeding

In knowledge work, it is often tempting to oversimplify or tell someone else what to do and how to do it. This leaves little room for…

4 min readNov 6, 2022

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The perils of spoon feeding

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Chris Combe (he / him)

Learning to learn or learning for a purpose?

Learning is crucial if we want to improve, if we do not stop and learn, we will never get better. If you are doing knowledge work and you…

4 min readOct 30, 2022

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Learning to learn or learning for a purpose?

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Chris Combe (he / him)

Chris Combe (he / him)

Agile architect (socio-technical), coach, ways of working enthusiast. Professional nerd, recovering CTO, explorer, retired DJ and enthusiast of tasty food

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