Do you know what our brain does when we tell it, “We’ll get through this sprint exactly as planned”?
It starts collecting evidence—but not all the evidence, only the “right” kind.
“Last time we made it.” ✅ “The team is motivated.” ✅ “This time we have fewer user stories.” ✅
What do we ignore?
“Two people are on vacation.” ❌ “The new requirements aren’t clear yet.” ❌ …and so on.
In the Agile world, estimates are often as “brilliant” as football predictions—blind but full of self-confidence.
Risks? You filter them out like unwanted spam because they don’t fit the perfect plan.
Mistakes keep repeating like a bad family-dinner joke, because admitting them would be… too painful.
Our brain is like that friend who always says you look great—even when you’re in pajamas and your hair looks like you’ve been through an explosion.
Sweet, but not exactly helpful.
The best Scrum Masters I know share one habit: they actively look for reasons they might be wrong.
Because the truth isn’t in what we want to see—it’s in what we’re afraid to acknowledge.