Get to Done Every Day
“How’s that feature coming?” “I’m working on it.” On many teams, work items take several days or even weeks to go from start to finish. Read More
Can We Train AI to Be a Business Coach?
Richard and Peter get paid to teach leaders and coaches how to coach more effectively—and it works. So, what happens when Peter spends 20 minutes trying to teach ChatGPT how to coach? Read More
Team Habits for Reliable Results
Last week, the Humanizing Work Meetup session was about “Habits & Strategies of Successful Agile Teams.” We discussed how habits work at… Read More
Alistair Cockburn on Use Cases & User Stories
Are use cases an essential partner to user stories for Agile teams? Agile Manifesto co-author Alistair Cockburn thinks so. In this episode, Richard and Peter discuss use cases and user stories with Alistair, including some practical steps to get started with lightweight use cases as a complementary tool for your Agile product development. Read More
How to Keep Meetings On Track
When you’re running a meeting, your role as the facilitator is akin to a maps app on your phone. You have a clear destination (the… Read More
Cross-Functional Teams & Real-World Challenges
In this episode, Richard and Peter explore what cross-functional teams are, why they're crucial to Agile methods like Scrum, and how to navigate some common challenges in creating and maintaining these teams. Read More
Sustaining Team Momentum Beyond January
If you’re a regular in a gym, you know the pattern. The first week of January, there’s an influx of new members. Some are eager… Read More
Feature Hostage Negotiation
Have you or your team ever felt like prioritizing your work is like a hostage negotiation with your stakeholders…and you don’t have the leverage to get a good outcome? In this episode, Richard chats with Dean Peters about what he calls “feature hostage negotiation.” They dig into where it comes from, what problems it causes, and how to respond if you’re a product manager in that situation. Read More
How to Set the Right Goals for 2024
It’s January, and people are setting goals and New Year’s resolutions. But how do you pick the right ones? It can be overwhelming, and you can end up picking no goal at all or just picking ones that are easy to define. In this episode, Richard and Peter share a simple process using the Theory of Constraints to find just the right personal and work goals for 2024. Read More
Insights from 2023’s Most Popular Content
We’ve produced a lot of content over the years. And in 2023, we made a concerted effort to release more and more useful content. We… Read More