Reach out and Connect
I spend a lot of time thinking, talking and writing about building collaborative teams, high performing teams, teams that deliver value. I have found over time that there is one central theme running through the skills needed to achieve this peak effectiveness. Connection Connecting with others sharpens our social skills, teaches us about communication and …
The Dreyfus Model (a visual summary)
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Testing Walls
Testing walls This is the next post in my series on the types of walls that we can use when we are sharing our knowledge with out teams. Testing walls are similar to architecture walls but take a different dimension. By using the walls as a basis, you and your team can share information about …
Reporting Walls
Previously I have shared my thoughts on using walls. I elaborated on the concepts behind Architectural walls too. This post focuses on using walls to share more general information about delivery. Reporting walls All of the walls teams use can also be classified as reporting walls as they can be used to measure or assess …
Architecture Walls
Visual Planning, or putting things on walls (per my previous post) is to me one of the most important aspects of becoming a high performing team. However the information that you put on the walls does not have to be a "plan". Most teams on their agility journeys start with putting their Kanban board or planning …
Productivity Hack #1 – Headspace
I am running a series of experiments focused on how to increase my personal productivity, then extrapolate that to how to help others and teams increase their productivity, and reduce their personal and professional frustrations. #1 - Headspace To increase your productivity you need to be doing the right thing at the right time in …
Accountability = able to account?
We want people to be responsible and accountable, but in my experience this is a very poorly understood concept. We need to explore this more and understand what it means to each other before we can start "holding" people to these. If I am going to be "accountable" for something I want to know what …
Collaboration on Steroids!
Make your collaboration super effective - face the opposition head on!
Collaboration
nothing else to say.....this says it all!
Meeting versus workshop
I just read an article about collaboration overload and it got me thinking. there is a huge misunderstanding about the difference between a meeting and a workshop there is a huge misunderstanding about what collaboration means! so here's my 2 cents: Meetings are NOT Collaborative information is transmitted/shared decisions are made (sometimes/hopefully) no work gets …
Learning from others
So here's the question, why do you only want to learn from someone who is perceived to be "better" than you? What does that mean? Well, often times we want to learn and grow and we seek out people who we see to have the answers or who seem to know more about a particularly …
Agile2017 Recap – Day 3
Today, I had a un-conference experience, which was different and exciting. It just goes to show you the variety that’s offered at Agile2017 and why I love this conference.
I wasn’t able to participate in the morning sessions because I had a few work meetings that I needed to attend, and that’s okay.
After lunch out by the pool (again, it’s nice to be outside, even in 90+ degree weather), I headed to my first session, the Audacious Salon on Imposter Syndrome (Part 1). Candidly, I only planned to stay for the first part because there are so many options and competing sessions. Well, five minutes in, and I realized, yeah, this is how I’m spending my afternoon, and I’m coming back for Part 2. Thanks Billie!
Three hours later, after several exercises that got us in touch with our Imposter Syndrome tendencies and strategies for dealing with it…
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Experiment 1 – Free Mojo!
Have you ever lost your mojo? Ever feel like you are missing some zing? Ever think "there should be more"? "there should be.....more" I didn't think that I was down on mojo, but after 16 days of getting up early (#21earlydays) I am finding that I seem to have more "mojo" than ever. So what …
Agile2017 Recap – Day 2
Great topics here! Love the PMO summary – going to share this at work too! Thanks J!!
The morning got off to a great start by having breakfast with my professional idol, Johanna Rothman. We enjoyed the conference breakfast and caught up with what’s the latest in our lives. One of the highlights of the conference so far for sure! I really appreciated her spending some time with me.
Creating Leadership and Engagement at Every Level
This morning’s keynote was Creating Leadership and Engagement at Every Level by David Marquet, and wow, it was a good one. Definitely, check out the video when it’s posted online, and I’ll hit the highlights here.
David’s keynote was a story of him taking command over the USS Santa Fe, one of the poorest performing submarine teams in the Navy at the time, and he focused on:
- Converting an attitude of “just following a command” to a “thinking” one.
- The importance of language and mindsets.
- The distinction between Blue Work…
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Experiment 1 – Weekend 2
I thought I would be more tired, I thought I would try and talk myself into sleeping in, I thought that this would be the weekend that I cracked, if I was going to crack. But here it is day 12 of #21earlydays and I am still going strong. When I complete the habit creation …
The Montage of Experiment 1
As I mentioned previously on the dawn of day 8 of #21earlydays I found myself longing for a sleep in. As I am experimenting with building habits and bedding down behavioural changes I am not surprised that I felt that, but it was a wake up call (pun intended!) as I know that as I …
Responsible = Response able
Responsible is a powerful term and I have used it a lot in posts, most notably my post about Learning to Thrive. But I have also been reflecting on how the word can have a variety of meanings. Responsible to me also means that a team or person is able to make a response to …
Experiment 1 – Behaviour changes
Reflecting on Day 7 - I do a lot of writing and content creation in my role, and now that I am up at 4.30 I realise that I have actually done this, as in getting up early, most of my life. It must be my subconscious kicking in and kicking me out of bed …
Experiment 1 – The First Weekend
Day 4 dawns bright and clear, oh, hang on...not yet! It is still pitch black outside, and I have not checked the weather yet, but it is Brisbane so it will be another glorious day! Day 4 already and I'm up and I'm on leave today and I still got up. I'm going to be …
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