On Twitter, I got into a really interesting conversation with a scientist in Baton Rouge — who, it turns out — is not busted flat, but rather in need of solid #scicomm. As a biomedical engineer, she struggled to bring the core messaging from science to the public at large. Fast forward a few years,…
What’s the Buzz? — Why Beaver Ate Owl (and other stories).
In my last article I explored the question: “What is psychological safety?” as it not only a recent buzzword being bandied about, but something that, counter-intuitively, we see far less of these days. One would think that societies, corporations, and governments would become better at bringing out the best in their people and teams, but…
Two new tools and how I’m finding them useful
I have been incorporating two new tools in my workshops: Clean Language (which could be described as a coaching tool) and the Cynefin Four Points Contextualisation exercise. Here’s how we put them to use.
Strengths Balancing for SoloPreneurs
a conversation with Amy King & Polly Chandler Our wtf collaborators Amy King, Brand Strategist & Polly Chandler, Strengths-Based Leadership Development Coach sat down for a mini coaching session with Polly on Amy’s current leadership challenges in her business. They offered to share the experience with our readers in the hopes that it empowers you […]
The Organisational Psychotherapy Approach To Agile Coaching
What’s the point of an Agile Coach? I guess the most common answer would be to make development teams more productive. After all, Agile Coaches cost money, and they don’t do much in the way of development work themselves. If they’re not a force multiplier.
STRENGTHS POV: BUILDING A KICK-ASS TEAM TO CREATE A WORLD-CLASS OFFICE
An interview with Polly Chandler, Coach + Facilitator at Chandler Coaching, a WTF Consortium TeamMate + Collaborator.
How did you come to discover the benefits of strengths-based leadership and how has it impacted your leadership coaching work?
What If #4 – No Answers
What if we refrained from inviting answers, at least until we had sought our own? What if we refrained from providing answers, at least until someone had unequivocally asked?
Why Me?
Not, not some lament about the unfairness of life. Rather, an explanation of why, these days, I choose to call myself an Organisational Psychotherapist.
I’ve spent the majority of my 30+ year career studying many “systems” of software and product development (the way the work works). And studying the relationships those systems have to the organisations (a.k.a. systems) they serve.
10 tips to improve your Agile daily stand-ups
When coaching teams I regularly share tips with them on improving their daily stand-ups. Here are ten of those most commons tips: Get each team member to take a turn facilitating the daily stand-up. This stops any one person dominating the stand-up. Rotate daily. Walk the wall from right to left. Focus on the work, … Continue reading →
Understand motivation for change
One piece of feedback I’ve received a few times on step 1 of STATIK (and therefore on chapter 18 of my book Kanban from the Inside also) is that “Understand sources of dissatisfaction” sounds rather negative. What about sources of satisfaction, pride, strength, and so on? Are those unimportant?