You’ve heard it before: “Take more ownership.”
Sounds good. But what do you actually do with that? Because ownership is not a switch you flip.
It’s part of your culture (or just isn’t). And culture doesn’t change with a slide in a deck or a slogan on the wall. It grows through behavior, trust and mandate.
And here’s the thing. Ask ten people what ownership means, and you’ll get ten different answers.
No wonder teams struggle to make it real. So I decided to make it simple. Something small enough to use tomorrow. That’s why I built the Agile Ownership Framework.
Not a new methodology. Just a thin layer on top of agile to make ownership visible and part of the rhythm.
In my article I dive deeper into why ownership fails, what teams can do, and how this framework helps.
🏋️♀️ Exercise of the week
In your next stand-up, ask one of these:
👉 What’s worrying you?
👉 What’s holding you back?
The first opens the door to risks and concerns.
The second makes barriers concrete so you can act.
Together they show what really matters.
📖 Book of the week
A Team of Leaders by Paul Gustavson & Stewart Liff
This book shows what happens when every team member acts like a leader.
It’s about trust, accountability and small systems that make people step up naturally. Exactly the kind of environment where ownership grows.