Gunther Verheyen
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Gunther Verheyen is an independent Scrum Caretaker on a journey of humanizing the workplace with Scrum. He writes about the rules and roles of the Scrum framework, as well as tactics, strategies, specific patterns to use with Scrum.
Gunther Verheyen
1M ago
In the summer of 2019 I got in touch with O’Reilly Media about their ambition to add a book about Scrum to their “97 Things” series. Drained as I was after a mission as Scrum Enterprise Coach at a large organization it was a great way to re-energize and practice some writing again (as I had sacrificed that to fully focus on my customer). Having no other plans for that time being, I could completely focus on my work as curator: contacting people, collecting ideas for essays, reviewing potential essays, suggesting potential edits, ordering and categorizing them, reviewing the manuscript and the ..read more
Gunther Verheyen
1M ago
I embarked on my Agile journey in 2003 when we wrapped eXtreme Programming in Scrum. Besides having engaged with many teams and organizations I have also created and facilitated many Scrum workshops and classes about various topics for various audiences since then. In 2011 I obtained my license as a Professional Scrum Trainer for Scrum.org from Ken Schwaber (co-creator of Scrum). From 2013-2016 I maintained the official “Professional Scrum” series of Scrum.org meanwhile training candidate-PSTs and shepherding the global community of Professional Scrum Trainers and coaches. After ending the ex ..read more
Gunther Verheyen
1M ago
Enkele jaren geleden gaf onze dochter aan dat ze graag voetbal wilde spelen. Dat was op zich een verrassing omdat het spelletje haar (in tegenstelling tot haar oudste broer) totaal niet bezig hield of zelfs maar enigszins interesseerde. Ze volgde het niet. Ze keek het niet. Nergens niet. Nooit. Omdat het menens leek en het dat ook bleef, gingen we op zoek naar een club die ook een meisjeswerking had. Daar moesten we, enigszins tot onze verrassing, niet al te ver voor gaan zoeken. Bij de De Koninklijke Noorse Sportvereniging kwam onze dochter in een groep van nieuwe U11 speelsters terecht (‘Un ..read more
Gunther Verheyen
3M ago
Let there be no misunderstanding: money is important.
Money is important for our family. My wife is my stability (1993). We have three kids (2001, 2003, 2013) of which the two oldest (sons) have a disability (Duchenne and Down Syndrome). My family is my stability. Throughout the years we lost people (some dear, some not). We cope. We gained liberty. Money is important because it pays our bills. As a family, we need and use money to keep us fed, pay off our mortgage, buy stuff and lead a materially somewhat comfortable life. My work as an independent Scrum Caretaker via my one-person company ..read more
Gunther Verheyen
1y ago
Although I don’t have fixed moments at which to do it, I like to also regularly reflect and look back in my personal life or when operating my one-person company called Ullizee-Inc (my vehicle to deliver value in four Scrum Service Areas). [It is not a form of or a part of ‘Scrum’, because —well— that’s not what it is.] Even if I rarely experience such moments of reflection as reasons for a hard stop or to drastically pivot, turn back or turn around, it does help me to validate the direction I am taking, review what is most important or change direction.
Moving into a new year is one of those ..read more
Gunther Verheyen
1y ago
Despite its unknowability, I wish you all the best for the future, starting in 2023.
Love
Gunther
independent Scrum Caretaker at Ullizee-Inc
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Gunther Verheyen
1y ago
People regularly approach me (often privately) with the request to speak out (potentially publicly) on various things ‘Agile’. Although I am humbled by the trust that genuinely speaks from their words, there is also (o, the horror!) the expectations in their requests.
I want to share my (multi-layered) doubts and hesitance regarding the matter of speaking out publicly on (some) things ‘Agile’. And thereby, in a way, speak out publicly anyhow… albeit offering–what I hope is–a nuanced perspective.
1. Regarding the matter of importance and impact
I wouldn’t overrate the importance or impact of m ..read more
Gunther Verheyen
1y ago
Entry 9 of an assistant’s web-log of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 Sursee
Today is the day (actually: night) that my son and his team mates of the Belgian National Powerchair Hockey Team are returning home from the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 that happened 9-14 August in Sursee, Switzerland.
Remember from yesterday’s entry (8) of my assistant’s web-log of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 Sursee that it was collectively decided to leave earlier than originally planned. It holds that the bus departed at 1 am rather than 8 am. Besides avoiding Monday ..read more
Gunther Verheyen
1y ago
Entry 8 of an assistant’s web-log of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 Sursee
Today is the last day of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 that is happening 9-14 August in Sursee, Switzerland, for my son and his team mates of the Belgian National Powerchair Hockey Team. It also means that there is no more than one more day of getting up early. Some things are really important to personal assistants of athletes with a disability…
Team Spain and their 15-legged mascot
Today we needed to get up early because our game is the first final of today. We play against Spain to de ..read more
Gunther Verheyen
1y ago
Entry 7 of an assistant’s web-log of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 Sursee
Today is the day of the play-off phase for my son and his team mates of the Belgian National Powerchair Hockey Team at the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 that is happening 9-14 August in Sursee, Switzerland.
Shirts to proudly wear
Remember from yesterday’s entry (6) of my assistant’s web-log of the IWAS Powerchair Hockey World Cup 2022 Sursee that the opportunity to play this game is why we needed to win our last game of the group phase. If we had lost that game (against Canada) we would have ..read more