London Coaching Workshop, May 10-11

April 20, 2010

If you’re in, around or willing to travel to London on May 10-11, come on out to my coaching workshop! Over two days we’ll focus on coaching teams from the perspective of products, people, process and practices (alliteration!). Mostly we’ll be up and out of our chairs engaged in exercises you can immediately take back [...]

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Cohesive Releases

March 23, 2010
Cohesive Releases

Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dystopos/ (CC BY-NC 2.0) Lately I’ve been kind of obsessed with the idea that releases should be highly cohesive, delivering features and functionality that “go together.” I’d like to explore (key word there) how this concept works over the course of a few posts.

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Bag of Tricks

March 16, 2010
Inside my bag of tricks.

As a coach, you’ll likely find yourself doing a lot of facilitation when introducing practices. Examples include getting retrospectives up and running or sparking creativity during product design sessions when you’re putting together a release plan. Having the right equipment can be invaluable.

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The Dissatisfied Designer

March 8, 2010

My friend Shawn and I were having a conversation the other day about cranky designers. He mentioned the experience of living with a hotshot designer ex-girlfriend who was critical about all the products they chose to place in their home. Critical, perhaps, isn’t the right word. Let’s go with disgusted.

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Computer-free Coaching

March 4, 2010

I forgot my laptop the other day. By the time I realized my mistake I was at what I’d call the point of no return on a 35-mile commute in a city known for horrible traffic. No way was I going back. No laptop drive of shame for me.

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