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Feb 28, 2018

Dissent

Dissent

Have you ever thought about injecting some dissent into your team, in order to avoid consensus? Well, what if you did...

Jan 31, 2018

Back to Basics

Back to Basics

When I see a person take the leadership role in the team for the first time, I often see them repeating the same mistakes over and over again. I think it may be

Oct 25, 2017

Starting a New Project

Starting a New Project

My current client is currently thinking about starting a new project. This got me thinking about some of the things we need to consider when starting up something new. What is the problem?

Oct 11, 2017

#NoEstimates

#NoEstimates

At my current project we have been doing the standard thing of going to planning sessions and estimating with using planning poker. As of late the project has been running full steam ahead

Sep 12, 2017

Seating Arrangements

Seating Arrangements

Recently, we had a team member leave our project to go follow his passion in mobile development. Before he left, I had a mini exit interview with him to get some feedback on

Jul 26, 2017

Super Chickens

Super Chickens

I recently came across a TED Talk by Margaret Heffernan, where she talks about the concept of super chickens and how it relates to the workplace. The Origin of Super Chickens Margaret tells

May 17, 2017

Building a Team with Board Games

Building a Team with Board Games

When you think of team building you will probably think of going out to some location or and excursion where you do some tasks as a team. However, during my time at a

May 3, 2017

Late For Stand Up!

Late For Stand Up!

I'm sure a lot of teams have had the issues with people being late for stand up. In the past, I have been on teams that have tried things such as

Apr 19, 2017

Inject Passion Through Training

Inject Passion Through Training

Recently, someone on our team went to a conference and when they got back they were telling me about some of the cool stuff that they saw there. This got me thinking, why

Mar 22, 2017

Large Improvements

Large Improvements

Recently, while chatting to on colleague at work we were talking about setting up an automated deployment process so that the testers could deploy the solution by themselves. At first, I wasn'

Mar 8, 2017

Thank You!

Thank You!

Everyone in this world loves feeling valued and appreciated. The simple act of saying thank you can make someone's day so much better by simply recognizing the effort that they put

Nov 30, 2016

No Bad Teams, Just Bad Leaders

No Bad Teams, Just Bad Leaders

I have recently been thinking about some teams that were not performing well. In my opinion, they were underperforming, not because they are incompetent, but because the leadership is poor. Thinking about it,