Long overdue for another installment in Hybrid Agile teams. Let’s talk about bias. As the pace of change increases, deliberately taking time to think outside of doing becomes even more important. Some call this getting off the dance floor and into the balcony.
Category: Reflections
Create a Virtual Team Lobby or Team Room
With the move to remote work for so many, including myself, an idea occurred to me. Likely, your teams and colleagues are using many new tools and connecting in different ways if you were previously and primarily co-located. Over the last two weeks, I’ve collected and cataloged tools, articles, and resources on overdrive to support… Continue reading Create a Virtual Team Lobby or Team Room
First Inaugural Women In Agile Conference at Business Agility Midwest 2019
On Tuesday, November 5th, 2019, the afternoon before Business Agility Midwest 2019, the Women in Agile (WIA) conference here in Columbus gathered nearly 80 women and allies to learn and share our experience and knowledge with each other. Keynote Maureen Metcalf, CEO of The Innovative Leadership Institute, whose podcast airs on Voice America and author… Continue reading First Inaugural Women In Agile Conference at Business Agility Midwest 2019
A Work In Progress
Growing up I played the piano. I must have been at least slightly musically gifted because there were definitely times I didn’t practice and I got away with it. My music teacher finally quit me, and that was probably a good call. I held myself to such crazy expectations to get things quickly it was… Continue reading A Work In Progress
Gaining a Sense
My mother got a second cochlear implant last year and it was turned on last week. The first involved shaving a good bit of her head, much more invasive surgery. This time was much better, outpatient surgery, with a small incision. Here you can see and hear the difference between her first, 20 years ago,… Continue reading Gaining a Sense
The importance of time
It’s an interesting quandary. Organizations say they want to get better and see benefits from agile, but they don’t want it to cost them any time. Things worth doing rarely work that way.