Anton Skornyakov was trained as a mathematician and physicist before pivoting his career to entrepreneurship and business coaching. A Certified Scrum Trainer(R) for the Scrum Alliance(R), he is passionate about improving organizational collaboration and leveraging Agile principles in the public and nonprofit sectors. This passion led to his current role as cofounder and managing director of Agile.Coach GmbH & Co. KG, where he has coached nearly a hundred organizations and thousands of people in the art of slicing work. This book represents the sum total of all those stories, lessons, and principles. Anton lives in Berlin, Germany, with his two children.
"""Anton's book is beautifully written with real-world examples that will inspire you to think differently about the possible ways you can change the structure of your work and deliver value more quickly."" -HOWARD SUBLETT, former CEO of Scrum Alliance Inc. ""I was responsible for cofounding a new countrywide government institution in an environment of high volatility. Anton's knowledge helped me to set up more flexible and adaptable structures. I am glad to see it condensed into a book."" -KATARINA PERANIĆ, Director of the German Foundation for Commitment and Volunteering ""Anton is a continuous source of inspiration and knowledge on organizing our work. Through his principles, we have learned to organize ourselves as an organization in such a way that we can much better and more quickly advocate for climate policies that assure a safer and more livable future."" -ROSA BRANDT, Cofounder of Future Matters ""With this book, Anton is taking the essential piece of what we've been doing in software in the last twenty years, stripping it of all buzzwords, and explaining it in clear language that everyone can understand."" -OLAF LEWITZ, Trust Artist and Certified Enterprise Coach"