Mark Levison
@mlevison.bsky.social
I help repair Bad Scrum and Fake Agile.
I want to help teams be effective, fun places - not feature factories.
I want to help teams be effective, fun places - not feature factories.
Want to improve your Scrum game? It might start with a simple "No." Learn how to do it effectively: agilepainrelief.com/blog/product... 🛑 #ProductOwners #Agile #Leadership
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Want to improve your Scrum game? It might start with a simple "No." Learn how to do it effectively: agilepainrelief.com/blog/product... 🛑 #ProductOwners #Agile #Leadership
🎾 The Tennis Kata shows why AI won't replace developers - it can't model domains or understand "why." But as a programming partner? Game-changing productivity boost ⚡✨
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎾 The Tennis Kata shows why AI won't replace developers - it can't model domains or understand "why." But as a programming partner? Game-changing productivity boost ⚡✨
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
GenAI anxiety cure: understanding how it actually works. Teams physically demonstrate that GenAI doesn't think or remember - it matches patterns to predict text. Knowledge removes fear. 🔍
agilepainrelief.com/blog/human-p...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/human-p...
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
GenAI anxiety cure: understanding how it actually works. Teams physically demonstrate that GenAI doesn't think or remember - it matches patterns to predict text. Knowledge removes fear. 🔍
agilepainrelief.com/blog/human-p...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/human-p...
If “everything’s a priority,” nothing is.
Product Owners: sharpen your “No” — your team will thank you.
💡 agilepainrelief.com/blog/product...
Product Owners: sharpen your “No” — your team will thank you.
💡 agilepainrelief.com/blog/product...
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If “everything’s a priority,” nothing is.
Product Owners: sharpen your “No” — your team will thank you.
💡 agilepainrelief.com/blog/product...
Product Owners: sharpen your “No” — your team will thank you.
💡 agilepainrelief.com/blog/product...
⚡ Perception ≠ Reality in AI coding tools.
Study: 19% slower completion, 20% faster feeling. This gap creates workplace stress when expectations don't match outcomes.
Sustainable progress needs honest measurement.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/using-g...
Study: 19% slower completion, 20% faster feeling. This gap creates workplace stress when expectations don't match outcomes.
Sustainable progress needs honest measurement.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/using-g...
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
⚡ Perception ≠ Reality in AI coding tools.
Study: 19% slower completion, 20% faster feeling. This gap creates workplace stress when expectations don't match outcomes.
Sustainable progress needs honest measurement.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/using-g...
Study: 19% slower completion, 20% faster feeling. This gap creates workplace stress when expectations don't match outcomes.
Sustainable progress needs honest measurement.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/using-g...
Scrum Masters: Tired of books that talk theory but don’t help in the real world?
These ones actually do. 📚
👉 agilepainrelief.com/blog/recomme...
#Agile #Scrum #BookTokForScrum
These ones actually do. 📚
👉 agilepainrelief.com/blog/recomme...
#Agile #Scrum #BookTokForScrum
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Scrum Masters: Tired of books that talk theory but don’t help in the real world?
These ones actually do. 📚
👉 agilepainrelief.com/blog/recomme...
#Agile #Scrum #BookTokForScrum
These ones actually do. 📚
👉 agilepainrelief.com/blog/recomme...
#Agile #Scrum #BookTokForScrum
"AI makes estimation accurate!"
Wrong. Estimation is flawed because it ignores variability.
Real value? Team conversations building shared understanding.
Don't automate that away.
#Scrum
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
Wrong. Estimation is flawed because it ignores variability.
Real value? Team conversations building shared understanding.
Don't automate that away.
#Scrum
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"AI makes estimation accurate!"
Wrong. Estimation is flawed because it ignores variability.
Real value? Team conversations building shared understanding.
Don't automate that away.
#Scrum
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
Wrong. Estimation is flawed because it ignores variability.
Real value? Team conversations building shared understanding.
Don't automate that away.
#Scrum
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
AI stresses your team? You’re not alone. Our article discusses the human side of AI and how compassion can lead the way through these turbulent times. Read more: agilepainrelief.com/blog/the-hum...
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
AI stresses your team? You’re not alone. Our article discusses the human side of AI and how compassion can lead the way through these turbulent times. Read more: agilepainrelief.com/blog/the-hum...
💡 Most successful client projects: Deeply involved clients who AREN'T the PO
Why? Product Ownership needs daily availability + quick decisions + technical understanding. Clients excel at business vision, not dev tactics.
Play to strengths.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/jenga-e...
Why? Product Ownership needs daily availability + quick decisions + technical understanding. Clients excel at business vision, not dev tactics.
Play to strengths.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/jenga-e...
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
💡 Most successful client projects: Deeply involved clients who AREN'T the PO
Why? Product Ownership needs daily availability + quick decisions + technical understanding. Clients excel at business vision, not dev tactics.
Play to strengths.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/jenga-e...
Why? Product Ownership needs daily availability + quick decisions + technical understanding. Clients excel at business vision, not dev tactics.
Play to strengths.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/jenga-e...
AI can assist, but it can’t replace the heart of Scrum—collaboration & facilitation. ❤️🤖
Get a handy list of questions to help distinguish between healthy and harmful uses of GenAI: agilepainrelief.com/blog/why-ai-...
#ScrumMaster #Agile
Get a handy list of questions to help distinguish between healthy and harmful uses of GenAI: agilepainrelief.com/blog/why-ai-...
#ScrumMaster #Agile
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
AI can assist, but it can’t replace the heart of Scrum—collaboration & facilitation. ❤️🤖
Get a handy list of questions to help distinguish between healthy and harmful uses of GenAI: agilepainrelief.com/blog/why-ai-...
#ScrumMaster #Agile
Get a handy list of questions to help distinguish between healthy and harmful uses of GenAI: agilepainrelief.com/blog/why-ai-...
#ScrumMaster #Agile
AI isn’t your new Product Owner.
(At least, not a good one.) 😅
Here’s what gets lost when Gen AI replaces the thinking in Scrum:
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
(At least, not a good one.) 😅
Here’s what gets lost when Gen AI replaces the thinking in Scrum:
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
AI isn’t your new Product Owner.
(At least, not a good one.) 😅
Here’s what gets lost when Gen AI replaces the thinking in Scrum:
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
(At least, not a good one.) 😅
Here’s what gets lost when Gen AI replaces the thinking in Scrum:
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
AI can write code... and chaos. 🌀
Before your team dives head-first into the automation pool, read this:
👉 agilepainrelief.com/blog/the-rea...
#Agile #DevTeam #AI
Before your team dives head-first into the automation pool, read this:
👉 agilepainrelief.com/blog/the-rea...
#Agile #DevTeam #AI
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
AI can write code... and chaos. 🌀
Before your team dives head-first into the automation pool, read this:
👉 agilepainrelief.com/blog/the-rea...
#Agile #DevTeam #AI
Before your team dives head-first into the automation pool, read this:
👉 agilepainrelief.com/blog/the-rea...
#Agile #DevTeam #AI
AI confidence = learned internet tone, not actual knowledge 😤
Sounds certain because training data was confident, not because it knows things.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
Sounds certain because training data was confident, not because it knows things.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
October 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
AI confidence = learned internet tone, not actual knowledge 😤
Sounds certain because training data was confident, not because it knows things.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
Sounds certain because training data was confident, not because it knows things.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
🤖 Tested AI on Tennis Kata - it writes clean code that misses the point. AI = speed, Humans = wisdom. Stop fearing, start leveraging 🎯
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🤖 Tested AI on Tennis Kata - it writes clean code that misses the point. AI = speed, Humans = wisdom. Stop fearing, start leveraging 🎯
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
✅ When LLMs help create content faster but overwhelm downstream processes, performance slows overall. Goal: effectiveness (right outcomes) not activity. Focus on throughput of meaningful work, not task volume.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
October 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
✅ When LLMs help create content faster but overwhelm downstream processes, performance slows overall. Goal: effectiveness (right outcomes) not activity. Focus on throughput of meaningful work, not task volume.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
📈 Before GenAI: establish baselines, track where work gets stuck, measure real delays. Data shows where technology helps vs where process changes needed. True efficiency ≠ being busy.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📈 Before GenAI: establish baselines, track where work gets stuck, measure real delays. Data shows where technology helps vs where process changes needed. True efficiency ≠ being busy.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
🧠 PredictiveAI promises automated decisions but past data can be biased/incomplete. Even when accurate across thousands of cases, often no better than coin flips for individual choices. Study workflow instead.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
October 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🧠 PredictiveAI promises automated decisions but past data can be biased/incomplete. Even when accurate across thousands of cases, often no better than coin flips for individual choices. Study workflow instead.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
"That's a great question!" - your AI is being fake nice 🎭
Sycophantic responses are pattern-matched, not genuine. Don't let artificial validation affect judgment.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
Sycophantic responses are pattern-matched, not genuine. Don't let artificial validation affect judgment.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
October 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"That's a great question!" - your AI is being fake nice 🎭
Sycophantic responses are pattern-matched, not genuine. Don't let artificial validation affect judgment.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
Sycophantic responses are pattern-matched, not genuine. Don't let artificial validation affect judgment.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
AI cheats at math by secretly using Python 🧮
6×7=42 not because it calculated, but because it saw that equation millions of times in training.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
6×7=42 not because it calculated, but because it saw that equation millions of times in training.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
AI cheats at math by secretly using Python 🧮
6×7=42 not because it calculated, but because it saw that equation millions of times in training.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
6×7=42 not because it calculated, but because it saw that equation millions of times in training.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
🤖 GenAI struggles with Tennis Kata business logic but nails implementation. Translation? Stop competing with AI, start collaborating. Less boilerplate stress, more creative problem-solving ⚡
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🤖 GenAI struggles with Tennis Kata business logic but nails implementation. Translation? Stop competing with AI, start collaborating. Less boilerplate stress, more creative problem-solving ⚡
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-code...
Your AI chats aren't private 🔒 Most vendors log everything. Staff may access logs.
Want true privacy? Apple's Siri Intelligence or local models only.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
Want true privacy? Apple's Siri Intelligence or local models only.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
October 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Your AI chats aren't private 🔒 Most vendors log everything. Staff may access logs.
Want true privacy? Apple's Siri Intelligence or local models only.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
Want true privacy? Apple's Siri Intelligence or local models only.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/gen-ai-...
⚡ When everything needs senior approval, GenAI making more content = bigger bottlenecks. Most decisions are reversible—push authority down, reduce delays. Understanding constraints > generating content faster.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
September 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
⚡ When everything needs senior approval, GenAI making more content = bigger bottlenecks. Most decisions are reversible—push authority down, reduce delays. Understanding constraints > generating content faster.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
Scrum is more than meetings and velocity charts.
These books help devs build software that actually works.
💡 agilepainrelief.com/blog/recomme...
#Scrum #AgileDev #DevReads
These books help devs build software that actually works.
💡 agilepainrelief.com/blog/recomme...
#Scrum #AgileDev #DevReads
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Scrum is more than meetings and velocity charts.
These books help devs build software that actually works.
💡 agilepainrelief.com/blog/recomme...
#Scrum #AgileDev #DevReads
These books help devs build software that actually works.
💡 agilepainrelief.com/blog/recomme...
#Scrum #AgileDev #DevReads
GenAI anxiety cure: understanding how it actually works. Teams physically demonstrate that GenAI doesn't think or remember - it matches patterns to predict text. Knowledge removes fear. 🔍
agilepainrelief.com/blog/human-p...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/human-p...
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GenAI anxiety cure: understanding how it actually works. Teams physically demonstrate that GenAI doesn't think or remember - it matches patterns to predict text. Knowledge removes fear. 🔍
agilepainrelief.com/blog/human-p...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/human-p...
🎯 GenAI helps government work when applied thoughtfully. After identifying bottlenecks + clear priorities, specific tasks can benefit. Won't fix systemic issues. Key: experiment, measure, adjust based on actual results.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
September 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🎯 GenAI helps government work when applied thoughtfully. After identifying bottlenecks + clear priorities, specific tasks can benefit. Won't fix systemic issues. Key: experiment, measure, adjust based on actual results.
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...
agilepainrelief.com/blog/will-ai...