There's a reason that Scrum Master / Agile Coach roles exist, they help train up the team to work in a self organised way. Sometime a Product Manager or Enginee

There's a reason that Scrum Master / Agile Coach roles exist, they help train up the team to work in a self organised way. Sometime a Product Manager or Engineering Manager does it as part of their role but it's the core of what agile coaches do. The author is right that it takes skill and practise but I believe training your engineers to work this way is more effective than having a full time role do it.