Posts tagged with: Re-read Saturday

Team Topologies, Re-read Saturday, Week 6, Chapter 5 The Four Fundamental Team Topologies (Part 1)

Chapter 5 Team Topologies: Organizing Business And Technology Teams For Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais is a powerhouse. This chapter lays out the four fundamental team topologies... Read More

Team Topologies, Re-read Saturday, Week 5, Chapter 4, Static Team Topologies

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

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 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

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

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 19, Chapter 20 – Sharpening Your Badass Saw

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

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 18, Chapter 19 – Setting Up a Badass Agile Coaching Community of Practice

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

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 17, Chapter 18 – Dojo Practice for the Badass Agile Coach

The coaching dojo in this chapter of Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching is the payoff for me during this re-read (so far… there are 2 chapters and a wrap-up week left).... Read More

Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching, Re-read Saturday, Week 16, Chapter 17 – The Badass Agile Coach’s Guide to Starting Your Day

Chapter 17 begins the final part of Extraordinary Badass Agile Coaching which focuses on continuous learning. The chapter “The Badass Agile Coach’s Guide to Starting Your Day” provides a structure... Read More