I previously wrote a series of articles titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations” on how to run extremely efficient and effective meetings. In the series I deep dive on a set of practices and actions to have successful and satisfying meetings. More important than the practices are the core principles behind them and the mindset required […]
Extremely efficient and effective meetings – Facilitator Checklist
I previously wrote a series of articles titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations” on how to run extremely efficient and effective meetings. In the series I deep dive on a set of practices and actions to have successful and satisfying meetings. More important than the practices are the core principles behind them and the mindset required […]
Update yourself
A manifesto for Scrum adoption in your life. Assuming you already heard about Agile, Scrum, Sprints and Retrospectives. As in any scrum team, the iterative and incremental process culminate in a retrospective, where members receive and elaborate feedback, taking actions to inspect and correct behaviours, remove obstacles, fix issues. If we are in an Agile […]
Is coaching a possible way out of pessimistic existentialism?
If there was a new TikTok challenge asking to name a book that tells about coaching without telling about coaching, my first answer would be “The four agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. While reading the first part of this book, rich of metaphors about the human condition and existence, my mind immediately jumped to a […]
Agile doesn’t work
Chances are that you heard any of these claims or similar at some point of your career especially if you work in IT and Software Development:– “We used Agile in a previous project and it wasn’t good“– “I have worked in Agile before and it didn’t work“– “Agile doesn’t work for us“– “Agile doesn’t work“ […]
Does Agile work? And who should answer the question?
Before revealing the answer to these million dollar questions, in this article I will try to clean up some misconceptions and cover some basis on the role of an Agile coach (Scrum Master). As explained by Lyssa Adkins (co-author of the Agile coaching competency framework) there is no hierarchy or substantial difference between Agile coach […]
Kanban – the garden, the restaurant and the dump
In this article I am going to describe some conditions under which a team adopting Kanban can be set up for success or failure. Historically used in the manufacturing industry, Kanban has been incorporated in the successful Toyota Production System (TPS). Kanban is one of the most known Agile frameworks and often over-simplified with the […]
12 meeting scenarios and powerful questions to boost your training
In this article I am going to provide 12 scenarios and 12 powerful questions that can be used during role-play exercises or training on efficient and effective meetings. For each of these scenarios, the trainer or facilitator will pose questions to the attendees to gather insights on their possible reactions, ideas, thoughts, solutions. The coach should adapt […]
Ways of eating, working, evolving in a bitesize
Whatever food we eat, the size of our mouth doesn’t change. Whatever food you eat, no matter the portion, whether at a fast food or a gigantic wedding banquet, the size of your mouth doesn’t change.It grows proportionally with your age but it doesn’t depend on the meal presented to you. Whether you eat using […]
The show must go on despite empty spaces and abandoned places
We don’t know what the post COVID-19 world will look like and we don’t know how long it will take to get used to the new norm. I made a random list of places many of us don’t meet at anymore with our co-workers. At least up to now. Subway, tram, train, busSidewalk to the […]
Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 3: After the meeting
This is the third of a series of articles about Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations. In the first article, we have covered that a successful meeting starts with good preparation.In the second article, I wrote about how to conduct and participate in a meeting achieving the desired goal successfully. In this part, I am going to cover […]