Author: steve

Wiring the Winning Organization – An Interview with Gene Kim

•By Steve Mayner

At the 2024 SAFe Summit Berlin earlier this year, I had the opportunity to chat with our keynote speaker and globally recognized author Gene Kim about his latest book Wiring the Winning Organization. We’re excited to announce the release of the video recording of our conversation, available here. Our discussion shines a spotlight on the concepts in his book that align perfectly with the principles and practices of SAFe.

New Guidance for People Managers in SAFe

•By Steve Mayner

In this new article, Mikael reflects on his experiences observing people managers as they adapted to the changes in their role as their organizations transitioned to SAFe. The new responsibility wheel for people managers reflects how Mikael has guided these leaders to see their value as they perform the vital role of finding, developing, and unleashing the amazing talent Agile Teams and ARTs need to build the innovative products needed to compete and win in the marketplace.

Brand New Article: Responsible AI

•By Steve Mayner

At the 2024 Berlin SAFe Summit in April, we released a completely revised version of the Artificial Intelligence in SAFe (AI) article. This new article introduced the three critical dimensions of an AI competency for SAFe Enterprises: Today, we are excited to announce the release of a new Responsible AI article that provides even deeper guidance on using and building AI to maximize its benefits while minimizing its unique risks. The article provides expanded definitions of the three aspects and

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Why “program” is still used in one place in SAFe 6.0 

•By Steve Mayner

At Scaled Agile, we often hear from our SAFe community, “Why is ‘program’ still in the fishbone diagram for the problem-solving workshop? I thought that term was removed in SAFe 6.0?” The workshop they are referring to is an activity that is part of the Inspect and Adapt event ARTs conduct at the end of each PI.   It’s easy to see why people ask this question. One of the notable changes in SAFe 6.0 was to retire the use of

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Staying SAFe with AI

•By Steve Mayner

No matter where you turn today, everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Just a little more than a year ago, this was a topic reserved for science fiction enthusiasts and tech geeks. Now, whether you are checking your news feed or chatting with friends, AI will inevitably find its way into the conversation. Most of the credit for that shift goes to OpenAI and their decision to release ChatGPT to the world in November 2022. In the 14 months

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