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Team Topologies, Re-read Saturday, Week 4, Chapter 3, Team First Thinking

Using teams to get work done in all walks of life is undeniable.  The concept of teams in business began in the 1920s or 30s (https://bit.ly/43Wu8RW). Whether the idea of... Read More

Team Topologies, Re-read Saturday, Week 3, Chapter 2, Conway’s Law and Why It Matters

Chapter 2 of Team Topologies: Organizing Business And Technology Teams For Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais is a deep dive into Conway’s Law both forward and backward... Read More

Team Topologies, Re-read Saturday, Week 2, Chapter 1, The Problem With Org Charts

Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais open Chapter 1 with a quote from Naomi Stafford, Guide to Organizational Design. The quote: “Organizations should be viewed as complex and adaptive organizations rather... Read More

Team Topologies, Re-read Saturday, Week 1, Logistics and Front Matter

Today we begin the re-read of Team Topologies: Organizing Business And Technology Teams For Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais. The book contains front matter, including a foreword... Read More

SPaMCAST 748 – Making Agile Coaching Better, A Conversation with Bob Galen

SPaMCAST 748 features our interview with Bob Galen. Bob and I discuss Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. With the interview, we wrap up... Read More

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 20, Wrap-up

Today we complete the re-read of Extraordinary Badass. Tomorrow we will release our interview with Bob Galen, the primary author. Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching is my new go-to coaching reference.... Read More