“Before people understand what needs to change, and how they need to adopt, what it means to them in their day-to-day work, and how it’s going to help and add value — those conversations are missing.” – Bhavin Shukla
Bhavin brings a challenge many organizations face but few talk about openly: de-scaling. He’s working with an organization that adopted a scaling framework for consistency — shared language, standardized tooling, uniform processes across business units. It worked for alignment, but it also created bureaucracy. Now leadership wants to become leaner and more nimble. The problem? The de-scaling itself is happening cookie-cutter style. Changes are being rolled out — new framework versions, new tools, flow metrics — without explaining the “why” to the people affected.
The result is burnout and two parallel ecosystems running simultaneously: the old meeting structures people never abandoned, and the new Scrum events layered on top. Bhavin and his coaching peers ran a “Million Meeting Minutes” workshop, collecting data on how much time teams spend in meetings, what decisions get made (or don’t), and who dominates conversations. The data revealed the overlap and waste. The experiment now is mapping those parallel systems and working with teams to understand which problems each structure actually solves — consolidating where possible while maintaining the consistency of language the organization genuinely needs.
Self-reflection Question: In your organization, are there parallel meeting structures addressing the same problems? What would it take to map them and start a conversation about consolidation?
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About Bhavin Shukla
Bhavin joins us from Australia. Bhavin is driven by unlocking potential and helping people thrive in ambiguity through clarity, honesty, and discipline. He believes growth comes from truthful conversations, thoughtful experimentation, and learning from failure. Guided by ownership, confidence, kindness, and purpose, he focuses on what matters most to build meaningful progress for himself and others.
You can link with Bhavin Shukla on LinkedIn.
