They take turns at the front
The lead goose breaks the wind, then drops back and another takes over. We lead while new habits form, then hand the front to your leaders.
Honk by TechNest · Empower your flock
We get you on the right path.
Then we get out of your way.
Senior agile, product and AI delivery coaching across your teams, as a service. No software to buy, nothing to log in to: give us a honk, and a real goose answers. The coaching of a full team, for a fraction of the cost.
Why a goose
We're Flying V for a reason.
Geese are collaborative animals. They look after each other and take turns at the front of the V. That's how we coach.
They fly farther together
Each bird rides the lift of the one ahead. Teams that plan and work together go farther on less effort.
They honk to cheer the leader on
The geese at the back honk encouragement. That's where we end up: behind your team, cheering, ready when they call.
A fraction of the cost
Coaching for every team, without a coach on every team.
20–30%
of the cost of a full-time senior hire
The usual way
- A Scrum Master or coach for every team, at a full salary each
- Status meetings to find out what's stuck
- Problems surface at the end of the quarter
- Coaching that never ends, so you never know if it worked
The Honk way
- One senior coach across up to ten teams, a few days a week
- Our own spec and delivery tooling in your GitHub, keeping watch between sessions
- A graded scorecard every 30 days, so you see the change
- A plan to step back, built in from day one
How it works
Lead from the front. Then honk from the back.
- 01
Intake
Initial discovery
Take a Gander: short surveys for leaders and teams, a look at your boards and specs, and a few conversations. You get a graded scorecard, free.
- 02
Onboarding
Agree what we'll do
Your Flight Plan: the five changes that matter most, a 30/60/90-day plan, the tier that fits, and how we'll measure success. Agreed before any coaching starts.
- 03
Collaborating
Lead from the front
We work with your team or teams, leading them into better practices: planning, flow, specs, AI in delivery, and how teams work together.
- 04
Honking
Cheer from the back
Your leaders take the front. We coach, consult and cheer from the back of the V, and step in whenever someone honks for help.
The Flight Log: every 30 days we re-run the same scorecard, so you see each area move from where you started. If a grade slips while you're leading, we fly back up front until it recovers.
Between sessions
We keep watch, so you don't have to chase.
Tooling in your GitHub
We bring our own spec and delivery tooling into your GitHub. It runs in your pipeline, and your code stays with you.
A weekly note
What moved, what's stuck and what's coming, across every team, from your Lead Goose.
Pulse check-ins
Two-minute surveys that catch morale and friction early, before they show up in the dates.
Dependency calls
When one team's plan quietly depends on another's, we flag it while there's still time.
The tooling does the watching and the legwork, inside your own GitHub. A senior coach makes every call that matters.
Three ways to fly
From the nest to the V.
Most teams start in Nest or Fledge and step down as their own leaders take the front. Monthly, priced by the number of teams.
2–3 days a week
Nest
We set it up with you
Hands-on coaching while new practices take root. Best for a reset, a new team of teams, or a move to AI-assisted delivery.
1–2 days a week
Fledge
Your leaders take the front
We fly beside your Scrum Masters, product leads and managers while they lead, and coach them through the hard parts.
A few hours a month
Fly
You lead, we honk
Light-touch check-ins, the Flight Log every 30 days, and our tooling keeping watch in your GitHub between them. Give us a honk when you need us.
Take a Gander
Five questions. Seven areas. Free.
Five questions, about a minute. You get an overall A–F grade, a grade for each part of it, and the three places we'd start. The full version grades these same seven areas with clients, so you can see exactly what we'd measure.
Take a GanderOutcomes
Clear, few, measurable goals that the work actually traces to.
Product
Real discovery and a stated way to decide what comes first.
Teams
Stable teams shaped around value, with dependencies managed early.
Flow
Work that moves predictably from idea to done.
Specs
Specs good enough for people and AI agents to build right the first time.
AI in delivery
AI used on purpose, safely, with a known cost and payoff.
Measures
A few signals leaders trust, and decisions that change because of them.
Your Lead Goose
Colin Moore · Co-founder, Flying V TechNest
Colin has coached agile teams since 2016, from single startup teams to enterprise product families of 25+ teams, and builds AI products himself. He knows what changes when AI joins the team, because he works that way every day.
About TechNestEmpower your flock.
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