Magnus’s advice for leaders navigating transformation:
1. Embrace standards - Stop reinventing wheels
2. Go open source - Your base software isn’t your differentiator
3. Software first, always - Less talking about specs, more building
But here’s the gem: “People don’t like to be changed.”

The “Heartbeat” - How Mercedes syncs 1000+ people building hardware AND software together.

The result? Fast software delivery that doesn’t forget you’re building a 2-ton machine.
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“You’re always talking about a 3 to 5 year journey” - Magnus on transformation timelines
Three years in. Results showing up in the new CLA. But Magnus says they’re just hitting their stride now.

Sometimes the best answer to a buzzwordy thing. Is to actually take on a scientific approach, dissect it into tangible things.
And thats exactly what Karen and Christiaan did.
We made an episode about their research on the Agile Mindset and Team Effectiveness.
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Can an agile mindset be "made"?
In our latest episode im interviewing Karen and Christiaan on their research.

Get the full episode over here on your favorite player: stellarwork.start.page
And yes. You can find all the videos on YouTube as well. Enjoy 😘

Marcelo and I have been talking about probably the most interesting study on AI 2025.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872

During our recent discussion, Marcelo brought up the concept of paradigm-induced blindness, which was a key topic in our episode. This idea suggests that when people are entrenched in a particular way of thinking, they may become oblivious to new opportunities or solutions outside of that framework.

Although expanding agile practices often involves different terminologies and organizing meetings, I started to ponder... how aligned do you truly need to be? I had a conversation with Marcelo, and we came up with an excellent analogy.
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It appears that critical thinking has left the chat 😱.

I’m not sure about you, but whenever I engage with AI, I tend to accept its outputs without questioning them, simply because they seem persuasive... In our latest episode, I explore this very subject with Marcelo Lopez.

One thing Philipp shared really stuck with me: at Rittal, rapid prototyping in hardware isn’t just a buzzword, it’s a muscle. By testing ideas quickly, their teams bring new solutions to life without getting bogged down by perfection early on.
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Why gamble everything on a big bang rollout? Rittal’s strategy starts change with a small pilot team experiment, learn, and then scale. It’s a practical way to discover what works and build trust before taking the leap across the whole organization.

Transforming your company when things are going well might feel counterintuitive, but Philipp’s “fix the roof when the sun is shining” mantra makes a lot of sense. When times are good, you have the resources and headspace to prepare for future challenges.
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