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We will attempt to undo the damage of the manager-as-strategist view, and replace it with an approach that encourages you to court success with this formula: • Get the right people. • Make them happy so they don’t want to leave. • Turn them loose. (Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister, Peopleware)

We will attempt to undo the damage of the manager-as-strategist view, and replace it with an approach that encourages you to court success with this formula:
• Get the right people.
• Make them happy so they don’t want to leave.
• Turn them loose.

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Healthy organizations are a mental concept of relationship to which people are drawn by hope, vision, values, and meaning, along with liberty to cooperatively pursue them. Healthy organizations educe behavior. Educed behavior is inherently constructive.

Healthy organizations are a mental concept of relationship to which people are drawn by hope, vision, values, and meaning, along with liberty to cooperatively pursue them. Healthy organizations educe behavior. Educed behavior is inherently constructive.

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Cross-fertilization: Team members work collaboratively, and the lines between specialties start to blur. In fact, some companies mandate that every team member have two specialties (for example, coding in more than one language and testing) and two domains (for example, design and marketing).

Even in early #Scrum, the founders are recommending one of the same practices #FASTAgile does - team members should be T-shaped i.e. multi skilled.
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We will be focusing not upon demographic diversity, but cognitive diversity. That’s to say, differences in perspective, insights, experiences and thinking styles. There is often (but not always) an overlap between these two concepts. People from different backgrounds, with different experiences, often think about problems in different ways.

There are two aspects to diversity to consider in your org - demographic and cognitive diversity. Addressing demographic diversity involves removing cognitive bias in hiring. Addressing cognitive diversity involves conscious choice of hiring for different experiences.

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The individual nature of annual reviews in a largely collaborative environment always works to the detriment of culture, product, and quality.

Annual reviews in a largely collaborative environment always works to the detriment of culture, product, and quality.
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In steep power gradients we are also limited to “one step at a time” communications—where “jumping the chain of command” is a social and hierarchical no-no.

In steep power gradients we are limited to “one step at a time” communications—where “jumping the chain of command” is a social and hierarchical no-no.
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Hello Bluesky! I’m That Agile Guy - here to share insights and spark discussions on all things related to agility and better ways of working. Whether you’re deep into agile practices or just starting your journey, let’s connect, learn, and grow together. #Agile #BetterWaysOfWorking