#209 Quarterly Planning Done Right
Quarterly planning often starts with good intentions and ends in frustration. Teams leave planning sessions with detailed plans and optimistic commitments, only to watch reality undo them weeks later....
17 Joulu 202513min
#208 The Surprising Move That Ended My Leadership Frustration
Most of us know the feeling of being frustrated with a leader who micro-manages, goes silent, or keeps changing expectations. It’s easy to get stuck replaying every misstep and planning some kind of c...
1 Joulu 20257min
#207 A Better Way to Practice Gratitude
Most gratitude practices focus on making a list. In this conversation, we explore a deeper, more effective approach. It’s called counterfactual gratitude, a research-backed practice where you reflect ...
26 Marras 202518min
#206 Feature Mining: Find the Smart First Slice of a Big Complex Idea
Most teams start big initiatives with a slice that’s too big, too obvious, or too fuzzy to deliver anything useful. Feature Mining gives you a simple, reliable way to find the smart first slice of a b...
19 Marras 202518min
#205 Three Strategies to Reduce the Pain of Cross-Team Dependencies
Most agile practices have become widely adopted—but cross-functional team structures remain the exception. Despite clear benefits like faster learning, shorter time to market, and simpler coordination...
12 Marras 202510min
#204 The Life-Changing Focus of a Clean Backlog
An overgrown backlog is not a promise—it’s a drag on focus and trust. Peter and Richard explain how to release the weight of GTD-style open commitments, use a Kondo-inspired “thank it and let it go,” ...
3 Marras 202512min
#203 5 Research-Backed Ways to Say No Without Being a Jerk
If your calendar is full of “quick requests” and constant context switching, you’re not alone. In this episode, Peter Green and Richard Lawrence explore why saying no at work is so hard—and how to do ...
20 Loka 202511min
#202 How to Run a Retrospective That Actually Improves Things (Ep 61 Rebroadcast)
We just passed 200 episodes of The Humanizing Work Show! To celebrate, we’re bringing back one of our most practical episodes—Two Key Moves for Better Sprint Retrospectives. If your retros have become...
13 Loka 202513min
