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Difficult conversations as feedback
We all have to have them from time to time. Conversations that we know aren’t going to be plea…
Safety zone – comfort zone interactions
Comfort, safe, and safety zones are different concepts. They have some commonality regarding what ca…
Why am I sat in this meeting?
We’ve all been in them. Meetings that never seem to end. Ones that have absolutely no relevanc…
Tackling problems head on
This was an anecdote I related at the Agile Coaches Gathering this year during Liz Keogh’s ses…
Meetings with feet
Open Space is without a doubt my kind of conference. You do not sit listening to someone else talk; …
Fungible teams
As coaches, change agents, whatever, we spend quite a lot of time working with managers and teams to…
Criteria Driven Estimation
A while ago, a client created a focus group to look into the whole software development life cy…
Culture shock
As coaches, we often talk about changing an organisation’s culture to achieve better outcomes.…
Incident Retrospective
I’ve spent the last few days on the Cognitive Edge practitioners training course. One of the e…
I’ll take it if it’s free
Recently I found myself having to explain what was meant by not doing an upfront analysis. Members o…
Earning trust the other way
We learn from an early age that to earn trust; you need to show you’re trustworthy. It is earn…
Role retrospectives
I’ve been at my current client for roughly a month. The role isn’t clear, but I’m …
Agile workspaces
One of the key success factors in Agile projects is the work environment. Does your team space make …
Harmful aspirations
Recently I walked into a team room to see something written above the burn-down chart: Goal 100 poin…
The Importance of Ownership
The Importance of Ownership: Product owners have one of the hardest jobs in an agile team; they have…
Improving effectiveness of team boards
In my first weeks at OpenCredo I observed the development teams using team boards to help communicat…
Is valuable shippable?
Agile development talks about producing valuable software with the aim of delivering potentially shi…
Starting to understand comfort zones
The first session I proposed at the Agile Coach Camp in Germany was on comfort zones, a topic close …
How to plan a workshop
Back in April, I proposed a workshop session at the Agile Business Conference (still waiting to hear…
Revealing relationships
Revealing relationships: The project I’ve been working on for the last few months is slowly gr…
Agreeable conversations
In Agile retrospectives, fostering agreeable conversations is crucial for effective team collaborati…
Setting the agenda
Setting the agenda: While at a client, I noticed that the meetings tend to wander, a habit the devel…
A community of thinkers
A community of thinkers: Saw this in the twittersphere yesterday, and it really resonates with what …
Stop, reflect, resume
Stop, reflect, resume: Yesterday, during sprint planning, one of the team members said he didn’…
Beware planning poker
Planning poker is the most common sizing tool used within the Scrum community. Straightforward and f…
Understanding the mission
A very American phrase, I know, but it hits right at the heart of many of the problems I’ve se…
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