Comments on: A ScrumMaster Removing an Impediment at Apple

By: Tobias Mayer

Tobias Mayer — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:42:43 +0000

Khan did what he was told. That’s all. If he really was the good ScrumMaster you claim, he’s have been out of the door thirty minutes earlier, on his own steam, not his boss’s. I am not interested in his work/life balance, but in the boss/worker relationship.

“Why are you still here?” — that sentence is both a threat and a put down. Like the other commenters here, I don’t think I’d like to work for Mr Cook.

By: Mike Cohn

Mike Cohn — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:01:38 +0000

Notice that I described Kahn as the good ScrumMaster, not Cook. Kahn did what his team needed. Of course he needs to do that with an appropriate work/life balance but that is for him to manage, not us to evaluate without knowing his circumstances.

By: John Esser

John Esser — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:04:30 +0000

Did not like this at all. After I reading this article I realized that Tim Cook was the type of manager that got things done, but was typical “command and control” to the hilt. Kahn probably mimics that style because of his boss, so I my mind not a “perfect ScrumMaster,” not even an okay one! Berating people, yelling, etc.–yuk. No doubt, he’s successful in terms of money and power (because he MAKES things happen), but what about other things like friends and genuine respect from others? I’m sure people do what they want mostly because they fear getting fired.

By: Rolf Barbakken

Rolf Barbakken — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:20:51 +0000

Like Michael hinted:
Let’s hope Khan didn’t have a family in the US that needed him

Sounds to me Tim Cook is not a boss I would like to work for. I prefer to work for people I actually work _with_ and not just for, and I expect my boss to put his foot down when absolutely needed and I will raise my voice when he needs it as well. Respect both ways.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:37:29 +0000

I wonder how good of a father Khan is…