Designing Org Change Experiments
In last week’s newsletter, we looked at using short cycles for learning quickly at the individual, team, and org levels. This week,… Read More
Key Ideas of the Week
How to Learn Faster
Author Malcom Gladwell popularized the idea that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master something. Gladwell was summarizing research from Anders Ericsson. If you… Read More
When a Team Isn’t Performing
If a team is underperforming, what options do you have as a leader? During a recent Humanizing Work Community of Practice session, we discussed 3… Read More
Dealing with Interruptions on a Scrum Team
It’s day 2 of a sprint. You’ve got 2 weeks of valuable work to do, and the team is off to a good start. Suddenly,… Read More
How to Get the Quiet Ones to Engage
“How can I get the quiet people in my meetings to speak up? Especially since we’ve gone remote, it feels like maybe a third of… Read More
How do you define value?
We launched a new Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) cohort last week. Week 1 of our program focuses on modeling and communicating about… Read More
Collaborate vs. Coordinate
“Our team needs to collaborate more.” “We need to have tight coordination on this effort.” How are these two different? While collaboration and coordination are… Read More
Archetypes of Product Ownership Gone Wrong
When the Product Owner role is going well, it’s super high-leverage. A good PO sets up a whole team to do more meaningful, valuable work. Read More
Why Doing Scrum Well Is Not Really About Doing Scrum Well
One sense of “doing Scrum well” is following the process, following the rules. Do you have the 3 Scrum roles clearly defined? Do you do… Read More
When You Can’t Do It By The Book
Last week, we were facilitating a large Agile for Teams workshop to launch several teams in a marketing organization. Some participants were skeptical, especially early… Read More