Today we run our first remote retrospective using http://retrotool.io for cards & http://zoom.us for video conferencing. The context: two people developing remotely, after 1,5 week of work, we met to discuss how we are doing We decided to use the http://retrotool.io. Why this one? Few reasons: it is dead simple it seems to work it…
Author: Tomek Kaczanowski
Transparency in Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0
The different approach to transaprency by Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0
Start with the facts
I was reading Mo Gawdat’s “Solve for happy” and among other brilliant stuff I found there, there was a lot about concentrating on here & now, and also on how to stop your brain from wandering around but make it stick to the facts. And then I realized, that starting with the facts arand postponing…
JOY of Reading or ROI of Reading?
Do you love to read? Do you devour new articles that your social media peers recommend? If so, you might fall in the same trap I did. How much of what I read actually stays in my head? Which of the ideas, and tips, and good advices that (I thought) I learned created a long-lasting…
Sociocracy 3.0 Effectiveness Review – Part 4
[Feb 2018: S3 changed the name from Effectiveness Review to Peer Review] The ERs have entered a new phase: it was the first time we run it for the second time for the same person. Few short comments and notes: If you have no (good) role description, you end up with feedback session, not a real…
Sociocracy 3.0 Effectiveness Review – Part 3
[Feb 2018: S3 changed the name from Effectiveness Review to Peer Review] My comments written down after the 4th effectiveness review (ER) at Codewise. First of all, the ERs are becoming “no-events”. I mean, people know what to expect (both the hero of ER and the participants). They come prepared, they know what to expect….
Meetings – efficiency vs. human element
Recently I read an article about the (alleged) fall of Holacracy and one part related to meetings draw my attention. I’m interested in the topic of meetings efficiency for quite a long time. It reminded me of a novel way of facilitating a meeting that I witnessed during a Sociocracy 3.0 training some time ago. What…
Sociocracy 3.0 Effectiveness Review – Part 2
[Feb 2018: S3 changed the name from Effectiveness Review to Peer Review] Since the last blog post(see http://tomek.kaczanowscy.pl/2016/12/sociocracy-3-0-effectiveness-review/) we run 2 more effectiveness reviews (ER in short). This blog post gathers my thought, comments and lessons learned. Hope you find it useful. Preparations. Based on previous experience I took the following steps to make the next effectiveness…
Sociocracy 3.0 Effectiveness Review
[Feb 2018: S3 changed the name from Effectiveness Review to Peer Review] I rarely write about S3, but when I do, it is long and boring. 🙂 Below you will find my experiences with the S3 effectiveness review – an idea that I borrowed from S3. I hope that maybe some comments that I share will help…
Interview Tool: Moving Motivators
Recently I had few interviews with graphic designers. This was definitely outside my comfort zone because my knowledge of the topic is… well, very limited. However, my task wasn’t to check their graphic skills. This was already done by my colleagues. My task was to get to know them better. To see whether they “fit…