Imagine someone asks you to do something. You have three potential options: to respond with a yes, a no, or a maybe. In today’s world of instant gratification, and more things to do than we…
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Psychological Safety
Feeling safe is a fundamental need we all have. If we are raised in an environment filled with drama, exclusion, and ridicule, you may struggle feeling safe being yourself and contributing to teams. Our childhood…
Change Is In the Air
Every season brings change. In the spring (the formation of a new company), everything is fresh and new. Summer (the growth years), brings new and exciting opportunities. Autumn (stability), brings about an opportunity to let…
Mindset Check
As we’ve discussed before, a mindset is a fixed attitude, disposition, or mood. Your mindset is formed throughout your life and is shaped by your beliefs. When you are very young (0 – 6 years…
The Empirical Process
Transparency | Inspection | Adaptation Although empirical process controls are an embedded concept in the Agile values and principles, how to actually practice these simple ideas eludes many teams and organizations. Let’s break it down…
Breaking It Down
Remember the saying, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” It’s a clever visual representation that encourages us to break down the work so we can accomplish more than we could…
Progress NOT Perfection
As a kid, my mom really tried to help me be “perfect,” but I often fell short. It was way too difficult trying to meet someone else’s expectations, so instead, I focused on doing my…
The Ripple Effect
We think of the ripple effect when we drop a pebble into a pond and watch the ripples begin to spread. The flow seems to continue moving outward forever. Perhaps you’ve seen how this works…
Benefits of Storming
Whenever I think of the team development phase called “storming,” it makes me feel excited. Storming is that phase after the honeymoon period, where we start to feel comfortable with our surroundings and we allow…