My Journey of Personal and Professional Growth — A Scrum Master's journey is about experiencing and learning from all the mistakes, and improvising at every stage of this journey. Scrum is a simple framework, and simplicity brings complexity when we do not understand the why behind the way the framework is designed to work, and the same applies…

As a facilitator, engaging a large audience can be challenging. When planning such activities, we need to make sure that everyone in the room can participate and connect with each other. However, the usual energiser ideas may be complex and time-consuming for a large number of participants. Some simple energising activities for a large audience: Here are my…

As parents, we are expected to teach our kids, but often kids surprise us by teaching us important life lessons. Today, Rudra taught me an important life lesson that I will always keep fresh in my memory. Not to worry too much about the events in the future and to…

Thanks to a wonderful journey we undertook with some fantastic like-minded people, I was able to explore and learn more about the application of Scrum knowledge and the Agile mindset. In this article, I am going to share my experience during these 6 days. Special thanks to Sjoerd Nijland and…

I recommend this activity for maintaining focus. It can be used for clearing backlogs, managing to do lists, defining initiatives, creating a plan to meet the objective. It supports in retaining the focus on the core purpose and avoid drifting away from the core purpose. Distractions are eliminated and focus…

The original article was published for GoRetro Let’s start with understanding what a mind map is. A mind map is a simple diagram that allows you to visually represent information. It helps distributed teams to brainstorm, plan projects, map out information architecture, create org charts and develop sales strategies. A…

Psychological safety is the belief that you won’t be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. At work, it’s a shared expectation held by members of a team that teammates will not embarrass, reject, or punish them for sharing ideas, taking risks, or soliciting feedback. …

The secret of being happy — It is important to find time for yourself — I would have never understood the importance of finding time for myself. Frankly, I never struggled with my time until recent years. With no “me time," I have started feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, and angry. I feel like I'm constantly irritated by something. The reason is simple: I am doing…

Here’s how it all happened and how to avoid it. — The original article was published for GoRetro One heck of an experience. Being a Scrum Master, I feel vulnerable when managing a chaotic situation or when the conversation becomes difficult. Many of you might have faced this situation where there are two teammates who are individually amazing but they cannot…