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Nobody budgets to kill anything

Series: Out-innovate your competition with your operating model — Article 2 of 5 In the first article, we showed that disappointing AI returns are an operating model problem, not a tooling problem, and posed three governance questions. This article answers...

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AI-Native SAFe Implementation Roadmap

One consolidated roadmap: What AI-Native SAFe means for your next PI

Today, 25th August is a big day for the millions of SAFe certified professionals around the globe. Scaled Agile have launched a free upgrade to AI Native SAFe. Furthermore, the Implementation Roadmap catches up with the 'Big Picture' Scaled Agile...

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ai-adoption

AI adoption stalls: 59% lack the knowledge and experience

AI adoption is stalling in many Dutch organisations due to a lack of knowledge, experience and ownership. According to research of InSpark, 59% of the organisations surveyed identify a lack of knowledge as their biggest obstacle. The technology is available,...

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Is AI helping

AI operating model: We ship faster than ever, and it still doesn’t pay off

Series: Out-innovate your competition with your operating model — Post 1 of 5BCG scored more than 1,250 companies worldwide on AI maturity across 41 dimensions in its September 2025 study, The Widening AI Value Gap. Only 5% are creating value...

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Product Owner Gym

From Certification to Craftsmanship: The Product Owner Gym at the Dutch Tax Administration

For Product Owners, gaining a certification has become standard practice in many organisations. Scrum, SAFe and other Agile frameworks are widely adopted and form the basis of how many professionals work. At the same time, there is growing recognition that...

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Agile is about this

Beyond the Buzzwords: Back to What Agile Is Really About

By Nico Schellingerhout and Jeroen Jan ElzingaAgile.A word that once promised transformation, but is now often met with cynicism.“Agile doesn’t work anymore.”“SAFe isn’t real Agile.”“We do Scrum, so we’re Agile… right?”Somewhere along the way, the essence got buried under certifications,...

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Webinar portfolio management

Why Portfolio Management Gets Stuck in Outdated Budgeting Logic

A summary of the webinar: Strategic portfolio management: what organisations can learn from Silicon Valley's VCs, 17 June 2026. Why prioritisation remains so difficult Many organisations have by now translated their strategy neatly into themes, roadmaps, annual plans and portfolio...

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Stacking money

Why Are SAFe Training Courses So Expensive (and When Are They Worth It)?

You see the price of a SAFe training and think: "Seriously? Two days of training?" That's a perfectly understandable reaction — and you're certainly not alone (hence this article). Especially when you compare SAFe training with “a few workshops” or...

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podcast Judith and Sukie

Connected Conversations Podcast Episode 5

We're at the SAFe & AI Summit Amsterdam 2026IntroductionIn this episode of Connected Conversations, Judith van Hoof and Sukie Kang take you to the SAFe & AI Summit in Amsterdam. Together with Maarten Sterrenburg, CFO of Connected Movement and Agile...

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why attend training

Why take a training course when you already have consultants?

A conversation with colleague Sebastiaan Zuiddam on learning, ownership and lasting change within organisations.A question that always comes upIt comes up at almost the same point in every conversation. The consultants are already on board, the plans are on the...

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