Recently, I explored a new tool called Lovable. It’s an AI-powered platform that helps you build websites and web apps just by describing what you want. You write a short description (called a “prompt”…| Crisp's Blog
How a long-term leadership program helped build stronger leaders, increase engagement, and boost collaboration across teams. The Challenge: When Engagement Slipped, Leadership Stepped Up When the executive team at a large game studio noticed a dip in employee engagement in their biannual survey, they took it as a signal, not just a statistic. They knew| Crisp's Blog
Three years ago, we launched the Leading Complexity Program with a simple but urgent question: How do we lead when the world is changing at an exponential pace? Organizations everywhere were feeling…| Crisp's Blog
Introduction What happens when you combine a passionate development team, a dash of Tesla-inspired thinking, and the principles of Mob Programming, with AI as an active participant? At Traton-Scania, the AI-Enablement team is doing just that, transforming how they build software and collaborate. This is their story. Meet the Team The AI-Enablement team at Scania| Crisp's Blog
Summary of my talk from Agile Sverige 2025 A few years ago, I heard the quote: That felt true then—and it’s even more true now. After co-hosting the LeadingComplexity.com program for several years…| Crisp's Blog
When you push to production multiple times a day, the stakes are high — and manual rollbacks slow. Here’s my experiences from deploying services using Canary Deployments for an important backend service for a large global streaming service. Why Canary Deployments? We adopted Canary Deployment for a couple of reasons. We had one or two| Crisp's Blog
Have you ever found yourself stuck in a meeting where one person does all the talking… and everyone else just tunes out? Or where it’s so open-ended that nothing really gets done?| Crisp's Blog
Are you ready to revolutionize the way your team collaborates, innovates, and solves problems? Welcome to the world of Liberating Structures, where conventional meeting formats are transformed into…| Crisp's Blog
In the past few weeks, I’ve received similar questions from two different companies, which I’d like to reflect on here. Both organizations were in the process of crafting strategies for critical…| Crisp's Blog
What actually empowers a team? Despite all the talk about empowered teams in tech, there's often confusion about what real empowerment looks like. At its core, an empowered product team is given significant customer or business problems to solve, rather than being handed features to build. But it's not enough to simply assign problems - true empowerment requires the right environment to succeed.| Crisp's Blog
Imagine the following: You live in Germany in 1939. Or perhaps it’s 1938, or even as early as 1935. The Nazis are in power. If you’re an average German, your material conditions are probably quite good. Unemployment is low, and the Nazis have introduced extensive “welfare programs,” so you’re likely living a decent life. But| Crisp's Blog
Jennie Mårtensson interviews Petra Wille, a renowned product leadership coach and author of Strong Product People and Strong Product Communities. Petra shares her insights on why being a product manager is one of the most exciting jobs, drawing from her extensive experience across various industries. She discusses the key elements of building a strong product| Crisp's Blog
We chatted with our colleague Henry Kniberg at Crisp about his latest work on generative AI and his upcoming master class in the Leading Complexity program. He shared some very insightful comments: “Generative AI makes things less predictable but more intelligent.” “If I had to estimate, it would be at least a tenfold increase in| Crisp's Blog
In today’s fast-changing world, understanding how to lead in complex environments is more important than ever. That’s why our program, “Leading Complexity” includes lessons from some of the best minds in business. One of these is Erin Meyer, whose insights into Netflix’s groundbreaking culture are invaluable for any leader. Erin Meyer co-wrote “No Rules Rules”| Crisp's Blog
Are you ready to tackle the challenges of today's complex business world? Join our program, " Leading Complexity," where you can learn from the best, including the innovative thinker, Gary Hamel.| Crisp's Blog
We are excited to have Woody Zuill teach a Master Class in this fall’s leading complexity program. The topic is Software Teaming (Mob Programming)—addressing complexity with genuine collaboration. Woody coined the concept of Mob Programming/ Software Teaming, wrote books on the topic, and traveled the world spreading the ideas. Recently, we had the opportunity to| Crisp's Blog
We spoke with Bonnitta Roy about her upcoming Master Class in this year’s leading complexity program for the fall. The topic is Thinking with Complexity: Post-Formal Actors, Protocols, and Complex Potential States. Bonnitta is an author, researcher, complexity thinker, business developer, and teacher. She integrates many fields: Natural Sciences, Living Systems, Consciousness Studies, Relational Processes,| Crisp's Blog
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, traditional management practices are being challenged like never before. Gary Hamel, a leading authority on modern management…| Crisp's Blog
You have been missing out on whether you are a consultant, coach, or leader and have yet to become familiar with Peter Block. We are fortunate to have Peter in this year’s leading complexity program…| Crisp's Blog
In the interview, Esther Derby discusses complexity in organizations, contrasting it with a mechanistic approach. She likens it to creating conditions for a forest to emerge rather than controlling a…| Crisp's Blog
In the interview, Erin Meyer discussed her collaboration with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on "No Rules Rules," a book exploring Netflix's innovative organizational culture. She described the extensive…| Crisp's Blog
Peter Block might not be the most well-known thought leader in the Agile community, but he's one of the thought leaders who have had the most influence on our success as consultants, coaches…| Crisp's Blog
In the dynamic world of Agile leadership and organizational development, few names command as much respect as Esther Derby. With a career spanning decades, Esther has earned her place as a luminary in guiding teams and organizations through the labyrinth of complexity. For us, she is an obvious choice as a speaker in the Leading| Crisp's Blog
Gut feeling. The sensation you get when you have a hunch. You know what to do. Is that hunch good or bad? Should you push it to the side or should you embrace it? Let’s explore these questions. According to psychology, gut feeling, or intuition, is how our brain makes use of past experiences, along| Crisp's Blog
We have never been in a faster-changing environment than we are today. In product development, you must create a product that your customers love but also works for the business (ref Marty Cagan). To do that, you need to be innovative and a leader in your domain. If you don’t, you risk being disrupted and| Crisp's Blog
It was tense. A long list had been shared. Big features to build, new markets to launch. You could feel the built-up tension in the room. In the past, there had been a lot of friction. Voices were raised. Names were called. The situation was at a standstill. They needed someone, an outsider, to appease| Crisp's Blog
When helping teams and companies shift towards the product model, one of the key concepts introduced is practicing product discovery. Prior to this shift, a typical scenario starts with a stakeholder—someone up top—sharing detailed requirements on what to build. This approach leaves the so-called “feature team” with very limited opportunity to influence the solution. Now,| Crisp's Blog
A few days ago I was asked an interesting question by a product team coach at a new client that I want to share with you. Q: – What can I do to help my team practice discovery? I understand it for customer experience facing teams, but my team is an enabling platform team. What| Crisp's Blog
Dive into the Product Model's key insights (focus on outcomes), and core idea (the empowered engineer) to re-invent your teams to become Empowered Teams.| Crisp's Blog
Even though the trend right now is that more and more return to the classrooms for in-person training, remote training sessions are for sure not gone. One challenge in remote trainings are energizing…| Crisp's Blog
Within the leadership philosophy of "Intent-Based Leadership," there is a saying that goes: "Create leaders, not followers." It sounds great, and no one would argue against it, but do you really…| Crisp's Blog
(French translation, Spanish translation, Japanese translation) A couple of years ago I drew this picture and started using it in various presentations about agile and lean development: Since then the…| Crisp's Blog
Technical Debt is usually referred to as something Bad. One of my other articles The Solution to Technical Debt certainly implies that, and most other articles and books on the topic are all about how…| Crisp's Blog
