Archive - Marcin Konkel's newsletter

How staying in the void can help you excel and boost creativity? 💡

Including some life lessons from Miss Lauryn Hill.

Apr 29 •

No such thing as a good idea

Again and again I see companies, leaders think that communicating this great vision will make people follow it. It never works. They are still surprised…

Apr 22 •

February 2024

Want to break into Scrum Master's role but the job market is rubbish? Do this instead.

🐘First, let’s name two elephants in the room: The market in Europe (and probably in other parts of the world) is really bad for junior candidates or…

Feb 14 •

January 2024

What's next and the secret of Trunyan village.

Last time I wrote, I was in need of some time off to rethink where I was going with this newsletter. Taking time without fixed length or constraints was…

Jan 25 •

#8 We're in 2024

A quick, short (comparably) special episode on wrapping up 2023 and learnings for 2024. A big shout out to all you listeners out there for being with us…

Jan 2 •

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November 2023

A year of writing roughly every week has passed and what a year it has been. I will share a proper recap in some time as I learned a ton during this…

Nov 21, 2023 •

Let's normalise being unhappy without thinking it’s wrong. Three ways to embrace that.

I’ve recently published another story from my travels in Indonesia. 💀 “The Journey of the Soul” tells the story of elaborate Torayan death rituals…

Nov 5, 2023 •

October 2023

Being a servant leader doesn't mean being spineless or taking on abuse

The “servant” part of “servant leader” is tricky, if not to say, just troublesome. Historically, the term meant (according to Oxford dictionary): “a…

Oct 23, 2023 •

There are usually two truths why companies want to go agile 🤥

In almost anything we say, there are two truths: the one we share verbally and the intention behind it. Let me give you an example: When somebody says…

Oct 16, 2023 •

Flying cars, taking risks, resignation letters and why it might matter to cut weight by 1 gramme - 4 thoughts from AgileByExample 2023…

Recently, I attended the AgileByExample 2023 conference and below, I share four of my subjective highlights from the event with links, quotes and my…

Oct 8, 2023 •

Stop internalising anger because it’s a professional thing to do. Get it out! 4 tools to do it in a safe way.

Okay, let’s get something out of the way. There are no good or bad emotions. What we feel is an indicator from our body that something needs our…

Oct 1, 2023 •

September 2023

How to conduct knowledge exchange between companies beyond only seeing each other's nice offices

A guide to making it an valuable experience for both parties.

Sep 27, 2023 •

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