Icebreakers: are they a complete waste of time or do they add value? Some people absolutely love them, other absolute dislike them because they didn’t add any value. I believe a well-designed icebreaker can kickstart your session, can be fun and get people warmed-up for the rest of the session. Learn about how you can design icebreakers that add value and that grow connection between the participants and the purpose of the session.
Read moreMoving Motivators: what really motivates you?
Have you ever been curious about what really motivates the people you work with? What are they looking for in their role and in their work? If you can find an hour with your team, I recommend you to try the Moving Motivators practice (Management 3.0). Let's unpack how to prepare and run the exercise and end with some learnings.
Read moreTo Mob or not to Mob: How we got started with (and sold) Mob Programming
Mob Programming is one of the latest practices to come out of Agile Software Development. It takes Pair Programming (2 development team members working together on one machine) and turns the dial all the way up to 11. The entire team working together on one machine. This sounds like a recipe for a handful of disasters, but paradoxically it worked amazingly for one of the teams I was working with.
Read moreTechnical Debt Pattern: Custom Off-The-Shelf
Technical debt inhibits our ability to be transparent. How bad can it get really? What happens if we do not repay our technical debt? Read about an experience report on the price of not repaying technical debt.
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