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1 Week Sprint Hurts. But in a Valuable Way.

Posted on September 16, 2019October 13, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Is 1 Week Sprint a good or a bad idea? There is only one way to find out. It works fine for us. Here are the pros and cons.

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Killing daily meeting (one dev at a time)

Posted on August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Daily meeting can go horribly wrong. One of the anti-patterns is to follow the “dev by dev” approach. There are better ways.

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Decider AKA Hand Gestures

Posted on August 9, 2019November 3, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

If only decision taking was as simple as presenting your thumb up or down! Well, actually, it can be. 🙂

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4DX: Implementation

Posted on June 11, 2019November 1, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Few hints on what you might expect when introducing 4DX to your team(s).

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The secret of successful meetings? It is you.

Posted on April 10, 2019November 3, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

There is one host (facilitator) and usually 5-8 participants. Now, whose behavior has more impact on the meeting effectiveness?

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3 Months of Workation – India, 2019

Posted on April 5, 2019April 7, 2019 by Tomek Kaczanowski

My lessons learned during 3 months workation in India.

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Read it again

Posted on August 11, 2018October 13, 2020 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Go back to the books and articles you read some time ago. Re-discover them. Enjoy the new wisdom you can get from them.

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2 Productivity Tips That Cost You Nothing (And Give You A Lot!)

Posted on May 8, 2018November 8, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Distractions are evil! Some can’t be avoided, but there is a lot you can do to stay focused.

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Rules For Meetings

Posted on February 25, 2016November 3, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

The Internet is full of “10 Rules For Effective Meetings“ blog posts so why not create my own? Sure, why not? These are the guidelines I try to follow when organizing meetings. They work fine for me in the context of the company I work for (flat structure, ~80 people, no managers, no corpo-bullshit). I have…

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Card Colors on Kanban Board

Posted on January 10, 2016November 3, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

You can color-code some meaning into your kanban cards. Here are 2 examples of how to do it.

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