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Controlling emotionsFebruary 21, 2026
Choice blindnessJanuary 31, 2026
The first problem is rarely the problemJanuary 13, 2026
Growth vs Fixed mindsets and the influence of AIJanuary 5, 2026
Tacit knowledgeDecember 5, 2025
Motivation and deadlinesNovember 23, 2025
Sometimes we just need to pick up the fax machineNovember 18, 2025
LEGO Serious Play and Threat ModelingNovember 11, 2025
What can we share from a retrospective?November 9, 2025
Larger retrospectivesNovember 2, 2025
Appeal to authority and GenAIOctober 26, 2025
Secondary Gain and Work in Progress (WIP)October 7, 2025
A decade with LEGO Serious PlaySeptember 17, 2025
When we don't have safetySeptember 16, 2025
Constraints enable creativitySeptember 3, 2025
A tale of two teamsAugust 26, 2025
Thinking we want more documentationAugust 20, 2025
Hero culture revisitedAugust 12, 2025
Optimizing for our own effectivenessAugust 5, 2025
Improving learning with neuroscience and LEGOJune 3, 2025
Knowing when to QuitMay 20, 2025
Hero cultureMay 13, 2025
Mental Health and GenAIMay 10, 2025
What aren't we hearing?April 29, 2025
Cross trainingApril 25, 2025
Getting out in natureApril 22, 2025
Using dates to motivateApril 8, 2025
Orientational metaphors and WIPJanuary 20, 2025
AI and Critical ThinkingJanuary 10, 2025
Social proof in meetingsJanuary 3, 2025
Eisenhower MatrixDecember 11, 2024
Mob mentality podcastNovember 27, 2024
Survivor BiasNovember 19, 2024
Cognitive BiasNovember 10, 2024
Perceptual positions & HalloweenSeptember 5, 2024
Should remote workers have cameras on?August 24, 2024
Fixation errorsAugust 23, 2024
All we are is changeAugust 19, 2024
Validating assumptionsAugust 14, 2024
FairnessAugust 9, 2024
Getting out in natureJuly 27, 2024
Stages of competenceJuly 25, 2024
Agile Within PodcastJuly 24, 2024
Default Mode NetworkJuly 21, 2024
Workplace stress and anxietyJuly 18, 2024
Outcome bias (Resulting)July 7, 2024
"Assume positive intent"June 27, 2024
Perverse Incentives: Coffee BadgingJune 24, 2024
Improving Psychological SafetyJune 14, 2024
Tuckman model of team developmentJune 9, 2024
Playful learning with LEGOJune 3, 2024
Ladder of LeadershipApril 25, 2024
Dopamine and LearningApril 15, 2024
AutonomyMarch 30, 2024
Team working agreements with LEGOMarch 20, 2024
My people aren't participatingMarch 11, 2024
"This is a safe space"February 25, 2024
Six Thinking Hats RetrospectiveFebruary 17, 2024
Inattentional blindnessFebruary 4, 2024
Cognitive loadJanuary 28, 2024
Coaching to Logical LevelsJanuary 25, 2024
Polyvagal Theory: Understanding safetyJanuary 14, 2024
World Hypnosis DayJanuary 4, 2024
Attribute substitutionDecember 27, 2023
Hero CultureNovember 18, 2023
Not motivated to do anythingNovember 12, 2023
NLP Meta ModelOctober 14, 2023
How We Think: Systems 1 and 2September 17, 2023
Perils of WhyAugust 5, 2023
Logical LevelsMay 27, 2023
Motivation & Self-Determination TheoryMay 21, 2023
SAFETY model of psychological safetyMay 13, 2023
Neurotransmitters that drive behaviourApril 9, 2023
Pre-requisites for Continuous ImprovementJanuary 21, 2023
Presentation: Neuroscience of psychological safetyFebruary 22, 2022
Power of wordsJuly 10, 2021
Neuroscience of psychological safetyJune 14, 2021
Book recommendations for Agile CoachesJune 13, 2021
The millennial whoop and our brain as a prediction engineJune 1, 2021
Google's Project AristotleMay 31, 2021
Code coverage is a perverse incentiveMay 30, 2021
What's wrong with the common Scrum questions?May 28, 2021
Retrospective MagicJanuary 18, 2021
Collocated vs Distributed TeamsApril 27, 2020
Six Thinking HatsApril 25, 2020
Putting the Moose on the Table: A LEGO based retrospectiveJuly 12, 2019
Exploring the Anti-Anxiety ToolkitJune 21, 2019
Brain TalkApril 3, 2019
LinksMay 20, 2018
Body LanguageFebruary 18, 2018
Apex ProblemAugust 21, 2017
Teddy Bear EffectJune 29, 2017
Leveraging the Doorway EffectJune 17, 2017
Clean LanguageJune 4, 2017