All of this content used to be spread over three different blogs at three different domains and it's now been merged into one. Why was it ever three? Because at the time it seemed reasonable that each of them was for a different audiences, and yet over time I've found that the lines between topic areas got blurrier and tended to overlap. So now they're all together in one place.
If you encounter things that seem broken, please let me know and I'll get them fixed.
Browse by topic area:
- Psychology & Behaviour (Formerly UnconsciousAgile.com)
- Flow, Kanban, Scrum (Formerly ImprovingFlow.com)
- Technical Practices (Formerly AgileTechnicalExcellence.com)
There's a lot here and if you're not sure where to start, here are some popular starting points. From these, you'll find crosslinks to even more topics. Enjoy!
- Psychological Safety: An overview. For the science, see the SAFETY model. For Google's research into why it's important for high performing teams, see Project Aristotle. What happens when we don't have that safety?
- Anxiety and Stress: For the science, see Polyvagal Theory or a description of some neuroscience, illustrated with a bear encounter. To let go of that anxiety, see the Anti-Anxiety toolkit.
- Recommended reading: I'm often asked for book recommendations.
- Generally more about the brain: Cognitive bias, motivation, default mode network, systems 1 & 2 and neurotransmitters (chemicals) that drive behaviour.
- Language patterns: Why language is so important, and Clean Language, a specific language pattern that has excellent application for coaching.
- Improving your meetings: Specifically retrospectives (my video course), and standups. What if your people won't participate?
- Improving learning: with neuroscience and LEGO.
- Flow & Kanban: Flow metrics, probabilistic forecasting, and understanding waste.
- Technical practices: Continuous integration, TDD as design, and ensemble programming.
- Something fun: The millennial whoop, and inattentional blindness.
Leveraging the Doorway Effect
Have you ever walked into the kitchen, only to realize that you’ve now forgotten why you walked into the kitchen?
Clean Language
Our brains process an incredible amount of information through the use of metaphor (comparing one thing against another). When you listen carefully to the words we use, you will begin to notice how often metaphor is used in conversation.