I’ve spent most of my career working inside software delivery organizations — sometimes as a Scrum Master, sometimes as an Agile coach, often as a quiet observer of how systems behave under pressure.
“So Agile It Hurts Sometimes” started as a place to reflect on what worked, what didn’t, and what I was still trying to understand. It remains that.
Over the years, I’ve watched Agile frameworks evolve inside growing organizations. I’ve seen teams thrive when fundamentals were protected — and I’ve seen those same fundamentals thin under the weight of scale, deadlines, and shifting incentives.
Recently, AI entered the picture.
What struck me wasn’t how much AI changed delivery — it was how clearly it exposed the foundations beneath it.
That realization has shaped my current focus: strengthening the principles, guardrails, and collaborative habits that allow acceleration to compound rather than fragment.
I’m not interested in launching new frameworks or certifications. I’m interested in stewardship.
This site remains a place to think deeply about hard things — Agile, leadership, systems behavior, and what holds when conditions change.
If something here resonates, I hope it helps you look at your own environment a little differently.
We’re all still figuring some of this out.