I recently discovered this video thanks to Boaz Zehavi at Vonage. The TED talk by Eduardo Briceño is excellent and covers a lots of relevant topics to Business Agility. As I was watching it, I made notes of things that reminded me of. This is the list: Learning/Performance zone has lots of parallels to Mihaly […]
[#005] How to Get Better at the Things you Care About Read More »
Do you think backbiting is happening at your workplace? In this video, Glenn Rolfsen explores what can create of a toxic work environment. He presents the factors that determine the quality of your working life. Finally, Glenn suggests an approach that can put a permanent end to slander, bad-mouthing and bullying among adults in the
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This video explores the concept of Psychological Safety. This is at the core of the Google research on great teams and working spaces. It is particularly true for environments with high interdependence and uncertainty as the vast majority of software companies are. Building a psychologically safe workplace Amy Edmondson 11:26 AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO This is
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This short video from Charles Duhigg covers how Google aims to build great teams and what sort of things are needed for that to happen. How Google builds the perfect teamCharles Duhigg02:22 RELATED MATERIALS The surprising thing Google learned about its employees and what it means for today’s students (Washington Post) AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO This
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In this popular animated video, Dan Pink discusses the mismatch between what science knows about motivation and what businesses do. He argues that traditional rewards aren’t always effective and can sometimes harm motivation. He highlights the importance of autonomy, mastery, and purpose as key drivers of high performance and satisfaction in personal and professional settings.
[#001] Drive: The Truth About What Motivates us Read More »
How do we spread new fundamental concepts and knowledge? How do we generate conversations, reflection and improvement opportunities? How do we trigger people’s natural curiosity to find out more? How do we inspire people into trying new things? One option is to share interesting and eye-opening videos capturing some of the most fundamental concepts behind
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Since the start of 2017, I have been doing a lot of training. And when I write “a lot”, I really mean it (by my usual standards)! The majority of my training courses start with a focus on “why”. Why do we need to change? What the urgency? What’s the need? After most classes are
(recent) books that inspired me… Read More »
There are four key words in the first value of the Agile Manifesto: “Individuals and their interactions over processes and tools” Most of us can spend countless hours debating the value of focusing on people and the dangers related to focusing on processes and tools. Interestingly, in our debates we seem to be oblivious to
Mind your language (if you want to be Agile) Read More »
Converting ideas into concrete action is always tough. We read books, attend conference, book on training courses, have great chats at meet-ups and the ideas start flowing. We get excited to try out new things… …and then reality kicks-in and we have no time to do them. All sort of pressures, diversions and interruptions get
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Abstract This practical workshop will introduce a number of techniques that we can use to help us understand and improve the levels of engagement and motivation in our teams as well as explore what factors (positive and negative) are impacting us. These techniques can be used as modern & richer alternatives to traditional performance management
How motivated is your team? Going beyond the traditional performance management Read More »
