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Let’s perform a lifeboat test together: The boat only holds 4. Who do you throw out? You have probably seen the picture. A small wooden boat in a stormy sea. Five people crammed inside, all screaming. A doctor, a soldier, a police officer, a teacher, and a journalist. Above them, one cold question: “This boat…

My phone rang on an ordinary afternoon. It was Vladimir, a friend of mine, a cameraman who has spent his career framing other people’s stories through a lens. “Dejan, I need a simple application. A shift schedule. Nothing complicated. A table, a few workers, who works when. Can you make that for me?” I was…

Hey, You opened yesterday’s email about the AI-Powered Backlog Refiner. You didn’t enroll. That’s fine, I know what usually gets in the way. Let me address the three most common ones. “I already use ChatGPT for user stories.” Pasting a request into ChatGPT without context gives you a generic story that sounds like it was…

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The Six-Month Quick Fix We have all experienced it. You have a brilliant idea for a new product feature, a website update, or a new app. The team is energized, the goal is clear, and leadership expects it to be live in a few weeks. Fast forward three months. The project is bogged down in…

My phone rings on a Tuesday afternoon. It’s Vladimir, a friend I haven’t spoken to in a few weeks. He’s a cameraman, he runs a small camera crew at a TV station, and he calls me when he has a technical problem he thinks I can solve. “Dejan, listen. I need a simple application. A…

Key Takeaway: Dr. John Gottman predicts divorce with 94% accuracy based on one communication pattern he calls contempt (the habit of dismissing what someone is trying to tell you.) The same pattern is what makes stakeholders stop telling you (stop bringing Product Owners) real problems. The cost isn’t a broken marriage. It’s vague requirements, late…

Google’s Project Aristotle studied hundreds of teams and discovered their #1 secret for building high-performing Scrum teams isn’t talent, tools, or strategy. It’s psychological safety. That means when you walk into a room full of high performers, you’re not judged. You’re genuinely welcomed. You’re not just a number or a ‘human doing.’ You’re seen as…