On September 16, 2019, I changed from full-time to part-time work at Patagonia. I essentially have a three day work week at Patagonia, and long four day weekends. This has allowed me to do my coaching and consulting work with Agile Time Coach, and to spend the time I need for building my sprint canoe Read more about Part-Time Work Lessons[…]
Many years ago I was on a leadership committee where we took a self-assessment quiz to examine which of three different personality traits we might favor. The three areas were – Relationship seeking, Goal oriented, and “Big Idea” oriented. Everyone tended to have one of these traits dominate the other two, and I suppose it Read more about It Takes All Types – Know Yours[…]
Agile development groups have what is called a daily scrum, a short meeting often done daily and while standing – a “standup” meeting. It’s meant to be a quick checkin for the team with discussion topics kept at a very high level. People gather in a central area and stand as each member answers three Read more about Daily Standups[…]
The title of this post is a phrase I have in my Skype’s “mood message” — the simple quote shown to others next to your online status in Skype. It’s not that I hate or even dislike meetings. I just really hate inefficient ones and find that many people do not know how to properly Read more about Efficient Staff Meetings – Pick Two[…]