Team

The top 2 most destructive Agile anti patterns. Ever.

An anti-pattern is a common response to a recurring problem that is usually ineffective and risks being highly counterproductive. There are plenty of these knocking about when it comes to agile. Plenty has been written about…Read more

Published: November 1, 2017

Categories: Agile, Communication, Team

Only another 15 or so years to go…

Unfortunately there are still lots of managers and directors running teams and departments in large organisations, who may have good intentions, but are lagging behind in their thinking and management…Read more

Published: October 18, 2017

Categories: Agile, Management, Team

Agile – to scale or not to scale…

Through working at different organisations, attending a bunch of conferences, meet ups and training courses, I've gained first hand experience and had the opportunity to invite a lot of conversations/debates…Read more

Published: August 10, 2017

Categories: Agile, Facilitate, Languague, Team

R.S.V.P. – Will you accept the invitation?

In the office yesterday a colleague gave you an invitation. Did you notice? Did you accept? Don’t worry if not, because it will happen again today. In fact, once you…Read more

Published: August 3, 2017

Categories: Communication, Presence, Relationships, Team

Q. What’s the most important part of any team? A. The human element…

At work you're part of a team. You (normally) have colleagues with shared goals to work towards. I would also hope that you're interacting daily. Are open and (fairly) honest…Read more

Published: July 13, 2017

Categories: Career, Communication, Integrity, Management, Relationships, Team, Vulnerability

11 killer tips for getting the most out of a distributed team

Having a team co-located is the dream. It's proven to make any team higher performing, more successful, more efficient and with stronger relationships. It stands to reason that to have a…Read more

Published: April 16, 2017

Categories: Agile, Communication, Management, Team

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