Agile Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 4.5 Distilled (via Wade Chandler) Part of my professional development as Director of Agile Coaches is to understand what tools and frameworks exist in the Agile space. SAFe is a framework for doing Agile beyond…
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Professional Development – 2020 – Week 35
Agile Is 2020 a Gold Rush Year for New Scrum Masters? (via Mountain Goat Software) Many businesses need less convincing that Agile frameworks are helpful, so having people to facilitate Agile workflows are in higher demand. Some people may move…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 34
Agile Leadership vs. Management (via Leading Agile) Manage the system, lead the people. Instead of telling people how to move faster, remove the blockers that are slowing the system down. Leadership — the ability to motivate and inspire those around…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 33
Agile Agile Project Management with Kanban (via Wade Chandler) Each vertical swim lane is split into active and done. I get that this creates buffers between states, but (1) why not have to-do/doing/done for each state? What not change the…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 32
Agile Setting Up an Internal Coaching Office (via Agile Amped) Takeaways Understand the five levels of listening Understand what modality to use in the Cynefin framework Build new habits to create change When the whole is less than the sum…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 31
Career What to Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Like You (via Harvard Business Review) Trust issues: clarify their expectations (e.g., “How could I add more value to this job?”), create an all-out campaign to enhance your boss’s perception, have frequent…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 30
Business Learning from the Future (via Harvard Business Review) When we have not analogies to the past, it’s difficult to figure out how things will play out in the future. Where does “good judgment” come from? Business schools use case…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 29
Business What Would It Take to Reskill Entire Industries? (via Harvard Business Review) What does reskilling really mean? Content, format, and financial investment. How long does reskilling take? Some say around 480 hours. How can we make reskilling a reality…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 28
Business Rethinking Work Schedules? Consider These 4 Questions. (via Harvard Business Review) How does my organization’s scheduling practices affect employee effectiveness and well-being? Can we better align our work schedules with the needs, desires, and personalities of our employees? What…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 27
Agile When You’re Agile But Your Management Isn’t Really (via Mountain Goat Software) Agile transformations typically fail when management doesn’t truly understand what this means and even worse when they don’t listen to feedback. This article has some tips about…