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Play Rugby Not Chess
In this week’s episode, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss how you can use emotional outcomes in your conversations to build trust and evoke more positive …
3 years, 4 months ago
Making It Safe to Go Sooner to Go Faster
After last week's episode on starting before you're ready, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss some ways you can encourage this behaviour—while still provid…
3 years, 4 months ago
To Go Faster, Go Sooner
Squirrel and Jeffrey note examples of teams who never get started because they're aiming to do a project "right", and contrast with those who get sta…
3 years, 5 months ago
Being Wrong for Fun and Profit
Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss two examples where engineers are trying to get accurate answers, when getting a (slightly) wrong result would actually b…
3 years, 5 months ago
Coaching On Strength, Part II
Squirrel and Jeffrey continue discussing why you and your team might need a coach—for techniques and skills that they are already good at. This week …
3 years, 5 months ago
Coaching On Strength, Part I
An article by Atul Gawande on coaching for surgeons inspires Squirrel and Jeffrey to reflect on why you and your team might need a coach—for techniqu…
3 years, 5 months ago
Greatest Hits: Introspection with the Ladder of Inference
This week on Troubleshooting Agile, we revisit another one of our “Greatest Hits” In this episode, we look at how the Ladder can help you discover yo…
3 years, 5 months ago
Greatest Hits: Test Driven Development for People
This week on Troubleshooting Agile, we revisit one of our “Greatest Hits” In this episode, we start describing our favourite trust-building technique…
3 years, 6 months ago
Imperfect Indicators
A listener asks, "how will we know it's working?" when considering changes of process or technology. Jeffrey and Squirrel discuss how to set "imperfe…
3 years, 6 months ago
When Software is Done
Jeffrey remarks that he's working with a software team whose code is "done", that is, the organisation wants to keep using it but doesn't want to inv…
3 years, 6 months ago