Customers Don’t Want Your Product, They Want This…
A hard truth of product development is that people don’t want our products. They don’t want our services. They don’t want the features we’re so… Read More
Key Ideas of the Week
Why 40-hour work weeks aren’t a good target
One of the principles in the first edition of *Extreme Programming Explained* was “40-hour work week.” Wisely, the early XP practitioners recognized that overtime burns… Read More
5 Business Insights from the World of Music
Hi all, it’s Peter here, and I’ve had a busy week musically, playing with multiple groups in different styles in a wide range of venues. Read More
Using Vision as a Filter
In a recent Humanizing Work Show episode, How to Craft A Vision Statement That’s Not Just Corporate Speak, we talked about the… Read More
Teams Need a Shared Purpose
A team is a relatively small, clearly defined group of people who work together towards a shared purpose. In practice, many groups that people call… Read More
Lightweight Async Feedback
In March, we published a Humanizing Work Show episode about the approach we’ve developed for getting feedback on work-in-progress. It’s a structure… Read More
What to Focus On in 1-on-1s
Managers know they should do 1-on-1s with their direct reports, but they don’t often get much guidance about how to make those 1-on-1s worthwhile. Read More
Unsplittable Stories—Myth or Reality?
Hey, it’s Richard again… In 2007, when I wrote the original “Patterns for Splitting User Stories” article, I ended with a challenge: “Bring me your… Read More
Are POs Responsible for Strategy?
In larger orgs, the Product Owner (PO) role is often split between more than one person. We can have a separate conversation about whether that’s… Read More
From Intuitive to Instructive in 3 Steps
Hey, Richard here… Ever tried to teach someone else a thing that you’re good at? Maybe it’s a physical skill like hitting a tennis ball. Read More