Bloggtoons by Martin Berg: comics and short texts on agile ways of working, leadership and complexity.https://www.vige.se/enhttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/vige-in-the-cynefin-field-guide/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/vige-in-the-cynefin-field-guide/The Vige trolls are in the new Cynefin Co. Field Guide. From an idea in 2020 to a book in 2026.Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/alignment-and-autonomy-it-needs-to-be-a-mess/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/alignment-and-autonomy-it-needs-to-be-a-mess/A few weeks ago, I wrote a short LinkedIn post on alignment and autonomy as being a polarity and not an either-or situation.Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/the-shape-of-leadership-through-a-childs-eyes/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/the-shape-of-leadership-through-a-childs-eyes/As my son eagerly connected one Lego piece to another, his spontaneous exclamation caught my attention, “Let’s build a boss, Dad!” Intrigued, I joined in, curious …Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/plain-logic/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/plain-logic/So many side effects on budgets and the age-old ways that is blocking us from asking what is the right thing to do and instead asking, does it fit in the budget?Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/vige-and-agile-people-speaks-at-agile-tour-vilnius-2023/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/vige-and-agile-people-speaks-at-agile-tour-vilnius-2023/Vige and Agile People returns as a featured speaker at Agile Tour Vilnius 2023.Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/breaking-down-silos/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/breaking-down-silos/Realizing you have silos is the first step to doing something about it.Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/monolithic-value-stream/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/monolithic-value-stream/A while ago, I first attempted illustrating a value stream in a Vige Crowd context; since then, many things have been going on, but this has always been on my mind.Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/multicultural-teams-and-psychological-safety/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/multicultural-teams-and-psychological-safety/I meet many teams in my work, often multicultural in their setup.Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/effective-coaching/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/effective-coaching/Back in the days when I was starting my work as a software developer I used a method that was called “rubber duck programming”.Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/happy-agile-holiday/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/happy-agile-holiday/The Vige crowd would like to wish you all a happy holiday, please make sure to focus on individuals and interactions over processes and tools with friends and family 🥰Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/how-to-illustrate-a-value-stream-a-proposal-and-a-request-for-input/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/how-to-illustrate-a-value-stream-a-proposal-and-a-request-for-input/One of the key concepts in both Lean and Agile is Value Streams, this is the wikipedia definition “A value stream is the set of actions that take place to add value …Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/new-versions-of-cynefin-in-3d/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/new-versions-of-cynefin-in-3d/I have heard that a few of you use my illustrations of the Cynefin Framework in 3D that is great!Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/building-trust/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/building-trust/Comic about building trust: the boss sneaks around while the team plans, and thinks they should spend more time doing and less time planning.Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/agile-manifesto-and-vige/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/agile-manifesto-and-vige/The Agile manifesto meets Vige, a client of mine wanted to get an illustration of the manifesto so now I felt that I should turn that work into a Vige-version as well.Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/onboarding/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/onboarding/Comic about onboarding: the boss welcomes the new employees and their new ideas, then asks them to leave the ideas at the doorstep.Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/what-to-do-with-bad-apples/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/what-to-do-with-bad-apples/Ever heard of the expression “one bad apple can spoil the barrel”?Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/s3-principles-poster-free/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/s3-principles-poster-free/Before summer I visited all the S3 Principles it resulted in seven different post but I was thinking that maybe it could be interesting to have the on one page, so …Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/continuous-improvement-s3/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/continuous-improvement-s3/This is the final and seventh posts of the principles of Sociocracy 3.0, if you want to know more please talk to me or visit the Sociocracy 3.0 homepageMon, 14 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/empiricism-s3/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/empiricism-s3/This is my sixth of seven posts of the principles of Sociocracy 3.0, if you want to know more please talk to me or visit the Sociocracy 3.0 homepageThu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/effectiveness-s3/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/effectiveness-s3/This is my fifth of seven posts of the principles of Sociocracy 3.0, if you want to know more please talk to me or visit the Sociocracy 3.0 homepageThu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/accountability-s3/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/accountability-s3/This is my forth of seven posts of the principles of Sociocracy 3.0, if you want to know more please talk to me or visit the Sociocracy 3.0 homepageThu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/transparency-s3/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/transparency-s3/This is my third of seven posts of the principles of Sociocracy 3.0, if you want to know more please talk to me or visit the Sociocracy 3.0 homepageWed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/consent-s3/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/consent-s3/This is my second of seven posts of the principles of Sociocracy 3.0, if you want to know more please talk to me or visit the Sociocracy 3.0 homepageWed, 05 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/equivalence-s3/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/equivalence-s3/This is my first my of seven posts of the seven principles of Sociocracy 3.0, if you want to know more please talk to me or visit the Sociocracy 3.0 homepageFri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/the-power-of-a-story/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/the-power-of-a-story/To understand a system you need the stories in the system, it is these stories that makes it possible for us to navigate in the system, may it be the company you are …Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/specialization-is-isolation/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/specialization-is-isolation/Comic about specialization: the guard at the castle waits, because the black goblins lower the drawbridge and the green goblins raise it.Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/personal-reflections-corona/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/personal-reflections-corona/Comic about working from home before, during and after corona: there is always one more thing to finish before going outside.Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/innovation-or-plain-luck/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/innovation-or-plain-luck/Why are we acting as if we are waiting for the goods of innovation to hit us with an idea in the head and until we feel the the pain of the hit we make sure to keep …Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/cynefin-vige-christmas-version/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/cynefin-vige-christmas-version/I had a need to do some drawing in the middle of all the holiday preparations here in Sweden.Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/new-cynefin-book-proud-to-be-part-of-it/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/new-cynefin-book-proud-to-be-part-of-it/The book “Cynefin - weaving sense making into the fabric of our world” is out, and the illustrated Cynefin with the Vige trolls is part of it.Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/onboarding-with-a-surprise/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/onboarding-with-a-surprise/Most people in the agile community agrees that a fundamental concept is team autonomy.Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/cynefin-vige-in-high-resolution/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/cynefin-vige-in-high-resolution/I have been overwhelmed with positive feedback for the illustration of #Cynefin in Vige context that I released last week.Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/cynefin-can-vige-make-sense-in-different-domain/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/cynefin-can-vige-make-sense-in-different-domain/Since I published this illustration more than one year ago I have had the pleasure of creating a new version of the illustration.Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/inspiration-to-improve/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/inspiration-to-improve/This TED talk was really inspiring (and fun) for me.Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/prioritization-so-much-fun/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/prioritization-so-much-fun/“We really need to do this!” “This is super important!” “Why haven't this been completed yet?” The life of a team in an organization is not always a walk in the park.Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/let-s-fix-that-later/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/let-s-fix-that-later/It is hard sometimes, hard to resist the urge to postpone finishing or fixing things because other seems more pressing at the time.Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/team-autonomy-doesn-t-work/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/team-autonomy-doesn-t-work/I often hear “All our teams are autonomous.” but what does that mean?Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/the-art-of-concentration-or-the-path-to-multifailing/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/the-art-of-concentration-or-the-path-to-multifailing/Right now when writing this text my kids wants to get my attention, “what is the color of the Pokemon Feraligatr, dad?”, “can I see again please?”, “What are you …Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/mistakes-are-easy-to-make-let-s-celebrate-that/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/mistakes-are-easy-to-make-let-s-celebrate-that/We often hear that you should be a learning organization but where does this learning take place?Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/dependencies-be-humble/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/dependencies-be-humble/In any type of development, or any form of complex systems, you will always have dependencies to others.Sat, 02 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/new-habits/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/new-habits/In the strip “we have always done it this way” I wrote about how hard it can be to see that you need to change, perhaps defending yourself with old routines and customs.Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/transparency-in-recruitment/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/transparency-in-recruitment/Transparency: when is it important, and when is it wrong to be transparent?Sat, 10 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/more-resources/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/more-resources/Let’s add more resources to a project and presto, it goes faster. Or does it?Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.vige.se/en/blog/document-and-forget/https://www.vige.se/en/blog/document-and-forget/Have you ever been in a team and had a really good discussion about how you are going to work together?Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT