Experience and Reflection over Lecture and Advice (0)
10/16/11 •
I recently spent a day helping the leadership of an organization make the leap from “can we become Agile?” to “now we’re becoming Agile!” The problem was one of mindset: getting people to think less about barriers and more about what actions are possible. My solution involved hands-on experiential learning and structured group debriefing. I’ve [...]
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Balancing Advocacy With Inquiry at Agile Coach Camp (1)
9/30/11 •
At Agile Coach Camp I conducted a small session on balancing advocacy with inquiry when debriefing or trying to defuse tense situations. Olaf Lewitz gave a very kind write up of the session (with pictures!) in his blog post Test-Driven Conversations and explains the learning he took away from the session. Thanks, Olaf — and I [...]
Birthright (2)
7/17/11 •
What is luxury? Fine food, fine wine Different lands, different people, different tongues Water, sand, sun, sky: Nature in all Her splendour. Servants and service, our ev’ry whim Fulfilled – Singers, dancers, masseurs, chefs A multitude of choices arrayed To delight and dazzle us Confounding our inner judge Drowning out its strident Admonitions: “You may [...]
When Promoting Transformative Change, Have Faith in Your Convictions (0)
10/16/10 •
Regina Holliday, a muralist and advocate for health care improvement, talks about her painting “Bridging the Great Divide” between L-mode and R-mode thought as applied to Healthcare 2.0. The talk and painting depend a bit on the context of the conference where Regina is speaking, however I really liked this bit at at 3m50s about [...]
The UX and the SM Should Be Friends (1)
10/02/10 •
Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. One man likes to push a plough, The other likes to chase a cow, But that’s no reason why they cain’t be friends. I’ve noticed a disturbing trend at a few different clients now as far as how UX folk and Agile folk get along. It [...]
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