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Look at the teams around you. Very, very few were deliberately designed. Two anti-patterns are common, teams formed on an ad-hoc basis and teams formed and reformed for projects –... Read More
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
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
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
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 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
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
This week we continue our exploration of fatalism’s impact on change in organizations (listen to Part 1 in SPaMCAST 745). Fatalism does not have to be permanent. How that transition... Read More
Today we re-read Chapter 20 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. Bob notes that Stephen Covey’s seventh habit in his classic, Seven Habits of... Read More
Today we re-read Chapter 19 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond. I have strong opinions about Communities of Practice (CoP). They can be a... Read More
