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
Ex-developer, book author, trainer and leader.
The carpet that bothered them
What are retrospectives good for? Surprisingly, even for teams that discuss things together on a daily basis, a meeting devoted to process improvement can make a difference.
Read it again
Go back to the books and articles you read some time ago. Re-discover them. Enjoy the new wisdom you can get from them.
Printing nicely formatted time in Google Spreadsheet
A simple way to nicely formatted time in Google Sheets.
3 Daily Scrum Questions Considered Harmful
Still using 3 standard questions for your daily Scrum? Oh, bad news for you: you are doing it wrong.
Transparency in Scrum and Sociocracy 3.0
The different approach to transparency 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 and postponing…
JOY of Reading or ROI of Reading?
Reading is a pleasurable experience but what about its ROI? How to make it not only a pleasure but also maximize the learning?
2 Productivity Tips That Cost You Nothing (And Give You A Lot!)
Distractions are evil! Some can’t be avoided, but there is a lot you can do to stay focused.
Towards perfect 1on1s
How to improve your 1on1s? Here is how I approached this problem (and in general the problem of honing your soft skills).