Your teams are busy — standups, tickets, meetings, sprints. But somehow, delivery is slower than it should be, priorities keep shifting, and the same problems keep coming back.

Over time, most organizations accumulate process debt and technical debt — through growth, reorganizations, shifting priorities, and decisions made under pressure. It builds quietly until one day the teams are exhausted and delivery has slowed to a crawl.

We help you fix that. Using a mix of workflow design, agile technical practices, and applied psychology and neuroscience, we help your teams deliver more — without burning them out.

Contact

Founded by Mike Bowler, Gargoyle Software Inc. is based in Kelowna, BC, Canada and provides coaching and training services around the world. We have worked with companies on four continents and can bring our expertise to your company, wherever you are.1 Ask us how we can help your organization.

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Clients

We’ve worked with companies of all sizes — from small, fast-growing teams to some of the largest organizations in North America. Here’s a sample:

AIMIA Capital One Careem Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Ford Globe and Mail Honda JANA Corporation Loyalty One M&T Bank Royal Bank of Canada Charles Schwab Target Toyota The Weather Network

“Mike consulted at The Weather Network, and in a very short time, he completely changed our Agile practices. He made us better at Agile, closer as teams, and far more productive. Mike is a rare combination of smart, competent and pragmatic.”

— Fernando Toro, Director of Development, Jesta I.S. (formerly The Weather Network)

Recent Articles

Date Title Author
2026-04-02 Poor code and the RAS Mike Bowler
2026-03-28 Deliberate practice Mike Bowler
2026-03-27 Cumulative flow diagrams (CFD) Mike Bowler
2026-03-23 Debunking Monte Carlo myths Mike Bowler
2026-03-18 Quick tips for demos Mike Bowler
2026-03-16 Imprints in the ground Mike Bowler
2026-03-15 When “make it visible” is the wrong approach Mike Bowler
2026-03-09 Delivery pressure Mike Bowler
2026-02-27 Why people don’t use Monte Carlo Mike Bowler
2026-02-21 Controlling emotions Mike Bowler

Older articles can be found on Mike’s blog.

  1. Preference will be given to work that can be performed remotely. Note that even when remote, we work in your timezone.