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Facilitating a retrospective with 50 people in an hour
As one of the volunteers at Agile 2012 I was honoured to be asked to facilitate the volunteer retrospective. There were a few constraints that made this retrospective challenging. First, due to our volunteer responsibilities we had just under an hour to eat lunch and complete the retrospective. Second, there are about 50 volunteers – … Continue reading
Why is Influencing Such Hard Work?
Two people are on opposite sides of a ravine. Person 1 asks person 2: “Say, how do I get to the other side?” Person 2 replies: “You’re already there!” We’re all so busy processing so much information and interruptions these days. It is easy to forget not only that organizations are all about people, but … Continue reading
It’s the system, not (and?) the people.
I live and work with two phrases in my head that are important to me: “It’s the system, not the people” – Deming And, paradoxically: “It’s all about the people” – a statement heard often at Protegra that we try to use to guide how we work together. An event this weekend helped me to … Continue reading
Can an #Agile team mate #telecommute?
When Yahoo released the memo about employees not being able to work from home any more, there was the expected backlash against something which has become more and more common. It was especially unexpected given that Yahoo’s new CEO recently had a child and might be expected as someone who would find value in being … Continue reading
San Jose Budget Games 2013
“Whatever is the problem, community is the answer” – Margaret J. Weatley. I’ve been reading some of Margaret’s writings this week and her words have been ringing in my ears as I remember participating as a volunteer facilitator in the 3rd annual San Jose Budget Games on January 26. Somewhere close to 200 community leaders, … Continue reading
Golden Nuggets from the Innovation Games Summit
My friend Chad Holdorf describes golden nuggets as those practical things you learned from a conference that you can use on Monday at work. After attending the Innovation Games Summit this week in Santa Clara here are six golden nuggets I’d like to share with you: 1. Many of the attendees at my Silence of Agile … Continue reading
My Innovation Games Project Box experience
I was lucky enough to attend an Innovation Games workshop facilitated by Luke Hohmann at SDEC12. If you get a chance to attend a workshop facilitated by Luke Hohmann, I encourage you to jump at the chance. I learned as much about facilitating workshops and sessions as I did about Innovation Games. It was fascinating … Continue reading
A Systems Thinking concern
I have been recently doing more reading into Systems Thinking due to the fact that several great articles have been written recently that I have had the good fortune to discover. Definition “Systems thinking is a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system’s constituent parts interrelate and how systems work … Continue reading
The role of emotions in performance feedback discussions
Lately I have been reading quite a few blogs on the topic of performance feedback and how to try to make feedback a more valuable process. Recently I came across Bob Marshall’s post: How to give Feedback I’ve already had great discussion with @adaptivecoach on the Core Protocols and their potential impact to the communication … Continue reading
#1 rule of #Agile Culture
I recently went on a two-day excursion to the United States to support the local economy in Grand Forks and I was struck with a unique message on a bill board on the way back to Winnipeg. There were the usual bill boards that listed the shopping malls, hotels, and restaurants that you should visit. But amongst … Continue reading
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