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 […]
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Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 2: During the meeting
In the first part of this series titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 1: Before the meeting“, I have covered how to prepare for successful meeting. In this article, I will talk about how to ensure the success of a meeting. The distinction between the meeting organiser and meeting invitee mentioned in […]
Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 1: Before the meeting
A successful meeting starts with good preparation. Preparing (for) the meeting is not only the responsibility of the organiser. Everyone must play their part. Assuming a meeting is needed or unavoidable, a good meeting invitation should contain all the necessary information.Of course the date, time and place (physical or virtual) but also the topic, agenda, […]
No time for agile meetings
One of the most recurring topics in many organizations is time spent on meetings. If you are a Scrum Master, you may find yourself rolling your eyes like in a Robert Downey Jr meme and you wish you would get a euro for every time you hear someone saying in agile there are too many meetings. […]
Overcoming organisational inertia
The speed and success of any team is determined mainly by the surrounding environment and overall working conditions. Supporting teams in maximising the flow is not easy at all mostly because it requires the full organization to embrace cultural changes.
How a strong team culture helps the team heal
Making errors is part of the job. We don’t know what and when but we know that will happen. It can happen many times a day or a week, at work as well as in our everyday lives. Someone says that the only way to avoid mistakes is doing nothing. I disagree. Sometimes, not taking action is […]
Changes are Welcome
There are different levels of understanding Agile.The first one is where you care about rules. You take every best practice, guide, book, training suggestion and you make a strict process out of context and without interpreting the reality. That’s not Agile. That’s you using Agile to cover your need of implementing bureaucratic policies.That’s you not willing […]
Protect your work from home space from toxicity
A year ago, many countries took the first measures to tackle the emerging pandemic due to COVID-19. Lockdown, working from home, social distancing…Experts aren’t certain if we’ll be back to normality by 2022 or we will just prolong current habits and lifestyle to establish a new norm. Will companies let employees work from home or from […]
Driven by higher purposes
A year ago, I announced my intention to resign from Microsoft. Many thought I was crazy to leave such an amazing company. It was a very appealing role in one of the most impactful and successful divisions. The decision to resign from being an Azure Cloud Solution Architect was even more difficult knowing that I would […]
Simple Agile Metrics
Once your team starts work, the most recurring question your stakeholders ask is likely to be “When will it be done?”Agile and its frameworks do not strictly prescribe any specific set of metrics. Values, techniques, practices and definitions can help organizations navigate different strategies and identify the best approach for each situation. Here I would […]