David Spinks

New blog!

NEWS: New Self-Paced Training Course Focused on Stakeholder Collaboration for Scrum Teams. Read press release: ow.ly/HORg50Y505b #ScrumTraining #AgileTraining #StakeholderCollaboration

So thrilled that the self-paced training course Effective Stakeholder Collaboration for Scrum Teams™ course I created together with Glaudia Califano and endorsed by Scrum.org has been launched today!

As part of the organising team for @KanbanEdge, I'm thrilled to be able to share that our lineup of speakers and facilitators is for the 2026 event is complete! For full details and to book your ticket, head on over to kanbanedge.org

Take your Kanban Coaching knowledge and skills to the next level and become a certified Kanban Coaching Professional this summer! July / August classes will take place live and online in 1/2 day blocks (UK afternoons) and GUARANTEED TO RUN! Full details bit.ly/43JmegT

In this article PST David Spinks discusses Scrum in toxic environments, how Scrum Master's push for transparency might be doing more harm than good, and gives some advice for those in such a situation. Read: ow.ly/Ns0z50VJUyH #ScrumMaster #ToxicWorkplace @David_M_Spinks

In the latest Red Tangerine blog post, @David_M_Spinks talks about Scrum in toxic environments, how pushing for transparency might be doing more harm than good, and he gives some advice for those in such a situation. bit.ly/3GrEFxz #Scrum #Agile #Transparency

Everyone who came to #KanbanEdge2025 was invited to complete a survey to help us make 2026 even better—& entered to win Wholehearted by Mike Burrows! 🎉 Congrats to our winners: Giovanni Corriga (physical copy) Andreas Schliep (Leanpub version) See you at #KanbanEdge2026!😉

In the first Red Tangerine blog of 2025, Natasha Hampshire and @David_M_Spinks discuss some common perceptions of product development research and what it means for agility. Check it out at bit.ly/4hnnTgf #research #productdevelopment #ux #scrum #agile

Our black Friday sale is on! Visit bit.ly/4evPzgW to see our list of upcoming classes and use code BLACKTANGEFRIDAY at checkout 16-30 November to claim your 20% discount!

@Helen_J_Meek , @glaudia12 and @David_M_Spinks have published a blog to share the news of the launch of Kanban Edge! In the blog, they give details and the background behind the initiative. See bit.ly/411tZxV and kanbanedge.org #kanbanEdge #kanban #London

A new blog in collaboration with my good friends @David_M_Spinks and @glaudia12 at @RedTangerineOrg . In this blog you will learn more about #Kanban Edge, our new 1 day community event in #London. Only 57 tickets remaining! kanbanedge.org

I've just published a new blog! In this article, I explore the practice of "make policies explicit" from The Kanban Method, and how it equips teams for self-management. See bit.ly/3TOXwpU #kanban #agile #SelfManagement #YesWeKanban

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"Facilitating Effective Sprint Reviews" is the subject of the new blog that I have just published in collaboration with @pmoonk88 and @glaudia12 See bit.ly/4cJDPqz to read the full article #Scrum #facilitation #FacilitatingProfessionalScrumTeams #agile #SprintReview

The recording of @David_M_Spinks recent appearance on the BCS webinar on the subject of "Facilitating with Purpose" is now available at bit.ly/4b6xrJE In this session, we talked about ineffective facilitation of meetings, and the missed opportunities this causes.

In the latest Red Tangerine blog, Natasha Hampshire discusses her approach to producing UX artefacts in a way that balances having enough detail with getting faster feedback. Nice one Tash! See bit.ly/49DaXyM to read the article.

Facilitating Professional Scrum Teams by Patricia Kong, Glaudia Califano and David Spinks is now available as an e-book and shipping to US & more countries coming soon through InformIT! Use the code SCRUMORG for 35% off! ow.ly/qoxm50QpjSp @informit @pmoonk88 @David_M_Spinks

Learn about the new book Facilitating Professional Scrum Teams in this new podcast episode: ow.ly/tiEV50QnYHC @David_M_Spinks @davidjwest @pmoonk88

New year, new blog! One of the things that dominated my 2023 was trying to buy a house. The experience had some parallels to how some software development projects are run, so I wrote about the experience during the Christmas break. See: bit.ly/3S1X9aX #kanban #agile