Why AI Agents Don't Belong on Your Org Chart
Giving AI agents names and a spot on the org chart makes people feel less accountable for the work, and it squeezes the agent into a role it doesn't need. Dave Sharrock and Peter Maddison dig into new research from the September/October 2026 issue of Harvard Business Review on what happens when orga...
AI Changes The Real Bottleneck with Bernie Maloney
AI speeds up building. It doesn't speed up deciding. The real bottleneck has moved to management, and organizations don't see it yet. In this episode, Peter and Dave talk with Bernie Maloney about why AI adoption is exposing a critical gap in organizational leadership. AI is accelerating delivery an...
Why Faster Isn't Better with Dave West
Don't abandon Agile for AI. The real bottleneck isn't speed of delivery, it's organizational decision-making and clarity about value. Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org, warns that organizations adopting AI are making a critical mistake. They're abandoning foundational Agile practices, sprint planning, dai...
What Happened to the Scrum Master Role?
The Scrum Master role hasn't disappeared. It's been diluted, pushed outside the organization, or absorbed into everyone's job description. Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock dig into what's actually happened to the Scrum Master and agile coach role as AI reshapes how teams work. They trace how a role ...
What Your AI Token Spend Is Actually Buying
AI vendors are shifting from flat-fee pricing to consumption-based billing, and most organizations have no idea what their token spend is actually producing. Dave Sharrock and Peter Maddison break down what's driving the shift to AI token economics, why the old "$20 per user" budget model is breakin...