Kevin Flatley

Christmas came early for our kids. We surprised them with a trip to see PSU in Rose Bowl! #SmellTheRoses @coachjfranklin @PennStateFball

@Devan_Kaney But we have the 1776 Amtrak

Surely a month before the biggest summer Philadelphia will have in years is a good time to shut down multiple lanes on I-95

@TMacPhils @JohnKruk Have you guys seen this years Lager cans? They are a thing of beauty

Guinness in non Guinness glasses

I’m crying at this 😭😭😭

Does anyone else miss the 140 character limit on this web site?

Just a reminder: The Pop-Tarts Bowl (8.696 million viewers) was slightly higher than the Golden Globes last weekend (8.660 million)

@LauraRutledge @bmillz09 Elite jump cut

@bmillz09 Xylophone almost took me out at the end 😂

The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation." I don't know what Agile means. Nobody does. That's why it works. I make $425,000 a year. To move sticky notes. From left to right. On a board. The board is digital now. The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses. Progress. Day one, I said "we need to break down silos." Everyone nodded. Silos are bad. I don't know why. But destroying them is a career. My career. I introduced "squads." Squads are teams. But disrupted. We disrupted the teams into teams. Different names. Same people. Same problems. But Agile problems now. Agile problems are strategic. A senior engineer asked what we're actually changing. I said, "The mindset." He asked what that means. I said, "It's a journey." He asked where we're going. I said, "Toward agility." He asked what agility means. I pointed at the sticky notes. They were moving left to right. That's velocity. We have velocity now. The VP of Engineering said two-week sprints don't fit their work. I said, "That's waterfall thinking." Waterfall is bad. Like silos. I don't know what waterfall is. But I know it's bad. She stopped talking. Waterfall accusations end conversations. We had a retrospective. In the retro, we discussed what went wrong. Everything went wrong. We put it on sticky notes. Then we moved the sticky notes. Into a column called "Parking Lot." The Parking Lot is where problems go to die. It's full. We don't look at it. That's agile. Velocity is up 40%. I defined velocity. I also defined the points. I also defined the stories. We're crushing it. At the things I made up. To measure. Ourselves. The CEO asked for ROI. I showed a chart. The chart went up. Charts should go up. This one did. I didn't label the Y-axis. Nobody asked. Leadership is confidence. We do standups now. Every day. We stand. For 45 minutes. Standing is agile. Sitting is waterfall. My legs hurt. But we're transforming. The transformation is now "Phase 3." Phase 1 was assessment. Phase 2 was implementation. Phase 3 is "continuous improvement." Continuous means forever. Forever means job security. I'm very secure. My contract was extended. Three more years. For "cultural impact." The culture is confused. But impacted. Agile transformation isn't about being agile. It's about transforming. Continuously. Toward more transformation. The destination is the journey. The journey is billable.

"𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡? "𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆." #GeorgiaTech's Brent Key on the @PopTartsBowl Working Toaster Trophy

How can you not love this app?!?!

surround yourself with people who would never decline the opportunity to play football and eat an edible, human sized Pop-tart mascot.

Pat Kraft/Penn State interest jinx train rolls on. Only 37 coaches to go

I’m excited for the future of Penn state!

Looking back on it now, it was a pretty gangster move to be out fishing alone on the pier at age 4 with the bologna sandwich he probably prepared and packed his goddamn self that morning.

@_supcaroline I was fortunate to go to the Masters last year and I wore an Eagles polo. Exchanging “Go Birds” with patrons at Augusta National is an elite feeling. #GoBirds 🦅

It never gets old being down here in Nashville, wearing Eagles gear, locking eyes with someone doing the same, giving a head nod and simultaneously telling each other “Go Birds” #GoBirds

Here is a hot take after sitting through another PSU football game in Beaver stadium. We need to break down and put the names on the jerseys - just so we know who is who. No WiFi to look up roster and TP means so many new guys every year. @PennStateFball

Zakee Wheatley deserves an appreciation post too. A NFL team is going to love him.

@ziggakai Your son played another amazing game. We see him! 🔵⚪️

instagram.com/reel/DPuTL2jgR… This!

A huge THANK YOU to @coachjfranklin for all you have done over the last decade for PSU! Countless memories, thrilling wins, and a return to national prominence. Will forever be grateful!