
Dhaval Panchal
Founder and enterprise agile coach; organization design consultant
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The Conflict Escalation Ladder - Strengthening Relationships
January 1, 2023Explains stages of conflict escalation within teams, techniques to surface and remediate tension (e.g., retrospectives, values sharing), and guidance for leaders to restore conditions for productive dialogue.
Agile: 9 signs your leader gets Scrum
November 1, 2020A practical guide listing nine observable behaviors and signs that indicate a leader understands and effectively supports Scrum and agile transformations.
Growing Agile… Not Scaling!
July 1, 2016Discusses why organizations should focus on 'growing' agility (culture, mindset, continuous improvement) rather than mechanically 'scaling' practices and tools; covers cultural assessment, continuous improvement at organizational level, and safe-to-fail experiments.
Rescuing Company-Wide Agile Transformation
An article describing lessons from a case study where experienced coaches stabilized and recovered an enterprise agile transformation after an initial large-consultancy approach failed to deliver; emphasizes empathy, capability building, and aligning business and IT.