“A Scrum Master should be a benevolent dictator”

Are you serious? — episode 32

Are you serious? — episode 32

Someone once told me: “You are our benevolent dictator”. When he said this I was truly shocked. Here I am, trying to coach the team towards self-organisation. I was told that I am a dictator.

He then said: “Well you aren’t, but I think a Scrum Master should be. A Scrum Master knows best what’s good for the team and should imp…