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June 18, 2026 · Joshua Partogi

Why AI Will Replace Level 1 Scrum Masters (And Make Level 5 Irreplaceable)

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There is a conversation happening in every LinkedIn thread about Scrum right now, and it goes something like this: "AI is going to replace Scrum Masters." The counterargument is equally predictable...

June 17, 2026 · Joshua Partogi

From Scribe to Entrepreneur: The Five Types of Product Owner and Why It Matters More Than Ever

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Ask ten organisations what a Product Owner does and you will get ten different answers. In some teams, the Product Owner is the person who writes user stories and manages the backlog in Jira. In o...

June 17, 2026 · Joshua Partogi

7 Product Owner Stances in the AI Era: How to Lead with AI in Every Role

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AI is not going to replace Product Owners. But it is going to replace Product Owners who stay stuck in the wrong part of their role. That is not a provocation. It is a structural reality. The act...

June 11, 2026 · Joshua Partogi

Scrum Master Role in Mentoring Teams for AI Fluency

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The Art of Wearing Different Hats A skilled Scrum Master is not a one-dimensional facilitator. They are a shapeshifter, moving fluidly between the roles of teacher, coach, facilitator, and mentor...

June 04, 2026 · Joshua Partogi

Why Facilitation Skills Matter More Than Ever in The Age of AI

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From the PSM AI Essentials Training series with Joshua Partogi AI is transforming how teams work but when it comes to facilitation, the human touch remains irreplaceable. In this blog post, I want ...

May 28, 2026 · Joshua Partogi

Most Product Owners Are Not Ready for What's coming Two Years From Now

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A confession from someone who spent 15 years training thousands of them to be exactly this unprepared. A personal reflection by a Professional Scrum Trainer · 2026 It started with a question from a...

May 26, 2026 · Joshua Partogi

What Is Servant Leadership in the Age of AI?

Here I am, sitting in a hotel room again. Different city, different year, but somehow the same ritual: a half-empty glass of wine, the quiet hum of a city outside the window, and my thoughts drifti...

May 25, 2026 · Joshua Partogi

The Shift in the Product Owner Job Market that Most People Haven't Noticed Yet

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Fewer roles. A much higher bar. And the structures many organisations built around the role are quietly collapsing. At the end of a recent PSPO AI Essentials session I was running online, a partici...