Definitely, Maybe Agile
Definitely, Maybe Agile
Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock
Organizational Honesty in Agile Teams
17 minutes Posted Jul 2, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Welcome And Setup
Defining Organizational Honesty
Deadlines And Comfortable Half-Truths
Transparency Through Real Delivery Data
Where Cross-Team Messages Get Lost
Visual Management That Builds Trust
Psychological Safety For Bad News
Three Takeaways And Closing
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Organizational honesty starts with information: can your team actually see what's happening, and can they say it without fear of pushback? Dave and Peter dig into why teams shade the truth when a deadline is on the line, and what actually creates room for honesty instead. They talk about the difference between activity data and real information, why cheap, near real-time visual management beats a hand-curated status report, and why the structure of a status meeting decides whether bad news ge...