Unfortunately, saying thank you seems to be an after thought more and more. So at least once a month, I will take a few minutes to publicly appreciate someone that has had an impact on me. This round: Connor Since…
Appreciation, Leadership
Continous contact
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This may be a borderline appreciation post. In the past few weeks, I have heard from several people in my past… Someone wanting to talk through some frustration he is facing at his new company. Someone excitedly highlighting being asked…
Career Paths
The positives of changing companies
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Let me first state: I’m not advocating for people to quit frequently – simply bouncing from one company to another. There are many benefits to staying at the same company as well (maybe this will be my next post). I’ve…
Techniques
Exercise: Self-Organization
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One of my primary speaking sessions lately is centered around helping people start learning through experiencing and not being told. I’ve enjoyed this session and the results so much that I’m going to do a series of posts that highlight…
Appreciation
Appreciation Post – Mitch Lacey
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Unfortunately, saying thank you seems to be an after thought more and more. So at least once a month, I will take a few minutes to publicly appreciate someone that has had an impact on me. This round: Mitch Lacey…
Techniques
Fast Friends
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In the last post, I mentioned that I would never use this tool. I figured I should probably explain why as I do think for most teams this is a wonderful tool in general. What is it… Fast Friends Protocol is…
Training
First Advanced CSM Retrospective
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Recently, we announced that we are now approved to provide the Advanced ScrumMaster certification through Scrum Alliance. Our first pilot ACSM course occurred at the end of January in Denver. So in the spirit of transparency and practicing what you…
Training
Humanizing Work Learning Event
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Typically, I blog about this event after it happened (such as last year’s post). However, I received a few”Why didn’t you tell me about this beforehand? I would have attended.”. So now is your chance and I don’t want to…
Techniques
Bad Jokes
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I was at my long time friend’s home for this past Thanksgiving. He also works in the software development industry. So he was telling me about how his team is doing and we were discussing how he could challenge them…
Appreciation
Appreciation Post – Sean and Keira
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Unfortunately, saying thank you seems to be an after thought more and more. So at least once a month, I will take a few minutes to publicly appreciate someone that has had an impact on me. This round: Sean and…