How to choose a pilot team (Mailbag)
In this episode, Richard and Peter answer a question that comes up frequently when we’re working with leaders in an organization considering agile adoption. Sometimes, picking which team goes first is...
23 Mars 20229min
Dealing with Unrealistic Deadlines on an Agile Team (Mailbag)
In this mailbag episode, Richard and Peter answer the question: "Our boss is pushing us to deliver a big project on a timeline that feels impossible. Saying we can't do it feels like a bad career move...
22 Mars 20228min
S2E5: How Tools Like Scrum and XP Help Create Real Teams
Our background is in Agile development, and one of the reasons we find Agile approaches so useful far beyond software development is that they provide a great toolset to create real, effective teams. ...
6 Aug 201912min
S2E4: Adobe Audition Team Reunion
Peter reunites with a few team members from the Adobe Audition team, the first Scrum Team at Adobe in 2005. We laugh, we cry, we dig into what made that team so memorable for all of us and how we've a...
23 Juli 201940min
S2E3: What Kills Great Teams, and What Can You Do About It?
There are a few factors that can kill a team that are external things, and hence out of its control. But almost all of the things that we've seen kill a team are related to individuals' capability to ...
21 Juni 201930min
S2E2: Jazz, Teams, and Work
Peter's first career was as a musician playing trumpet in jazz and other groups. As his second career in Humanizing Work unfolded, he realized that jazz groups provided some amazing lessons for work t...
6 Juni 20191h 1min
S2E1: Most Great Work Happens in Teams
Great work, innovative work, impactful work is almost NEVER a solo effort. In fact, most important work is done by teams small and large. Unfortunately most of the work groups that people call a team ...
8 Maj 201929min
S1E5: Why the Humanizing Work Movement is Emerging Now
In this episode, we examine the historical trends that are creating the need for the Humanizing Work movement to emerge today. We seem to have hit the limits of a mechanistic view of work, and are tra...
2 Apr 201915min
