Are you looking at your task list today and dreading it a bit? In this replay from the October 2023 Humanizing Work Meetup session, Richard and Peter share three recent situations when they were feeling a little burned out, and what they did to fix it. They walk through a process to think and communicate about Purpose and Vision at the micro level. That process took them less than five minutes in their examples, and energized them to make their work meaningful that day. Learn how you can do the same thing to tackle the day with energy, even when the tasks aren't something you're looking forward to. Read More
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In the bustling world of product development, it’s easy to fall into the trap of “busy.” Teams often find themselves knee-deep in a backlog that’s… Read More
There’s a popular myth that backlog refinement is just administrative work around a backlog—managing JIRA tickets and arguing about tasks and estimates. Humanizing Work’s Co-Founder,… Read More
In this episode, Richard and Peter talk about the business case for getting better at product backlog refinement. What’s the financial and human cost of bad backlogs? Way more than most people realize. Here’s why it matters and what to do about it. Read More
Whether a formal research session or an informal gathering of a group of customers or stakeholders, focus groups are one of the most popular ways… Read More
In this episode, Richard and Peter answer a listener question about whether an Agile approach can work with a customer-funded project model or whether you have to change your funding approach to work in an Agile way. They address the implications of Agile for things like funding, why project funding works for some orgs, and how to change things like funding in an Agile way. Read More
It’s been a trope in action movies forever… Leader: How long is it going to take to solve this problem? Technical Expert: At… Read More
In this special episode, Peter and Richard have a conversation with a long-time listener, client, and community member about how their thinking on Scrum has (and hasn’t) changed over the years. Read More
Our brains are amazing. They constantly process a ton of information in miraculous ways. As an optimization to save energy, we’re only consciously aware of… Read More
