Do we really need a retrospective every sprint?
In this episode, Richard and Peter answer the question: “Do we really need a retrospective every sprint? It seems like a waste to do them that often.” Episode page: https://www.humanizingwork.com/do-w...
30 Aug 20228min
Having Uncomfortable Conversations on a Team
In this episode, Richard and Peter answer the question: “We want to get better at having uncomfortable conversations on our team. We either avoid them or don’t handle them well. How can we improve at ...
23 Aug 20227min
Why the Effort to Humanize Work Is Worth It
Leading the kind of culture change that produces an engaged, empowered, human-centric organization can be exhausting and difficult. In this episode, Hart Shafer, the CEO of TheraSpecs, explains why it...
16 Aug 20225min
Deep Dive–A Breakthrough in Hiring
Hiring is hard everywhere. But it’s particularly challenging for human-centric organizations that want to hire for self-organization and collaboration. The differences between good and bad candidates ...
9 Aug 20221h 19min
How Does A "User Manual For Me" Work In Practice?
In this episode, Richard answers a question from a friend in the non-profit world: “I came across a template for creating a ‘user guide for working with me.’ Are these used in the business world, and ...
2 Aug 20225min
Does Everything in our Backlog need to be a User Story?
In this episode, Richard and Peter answer the question, “How do we know whether an item on our Product Backlog should be a User Story or a Task?” Episode page: https://www.humanizingwork.com/backlog-s...
25 Jul 20227min
Why We Don't Love the Five Whys
In this episode, Richard and Peter dig into the popular “5 Whys” root cause analysis technique, including the limitations of the technique and why the question “why?’ can get you in trouble. Episode p...
19 Jul 20225min
Overcoming Resistance to Change
In this episode, Richard and Peter answer the question, “How do you overcome resistance to change?” Episode page: https://www.humanizingwork.com/overcoming-resistance-to-change/ Connect with Humanizin...
12 Jul 20228min
