If you practice agile management but skimp on micro tests or refactoring, then you're getting in your own way.

Software that is well tested and well composed enables business agility.

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Create a safe environment where team members feel comfortable speaking up, sharing ideas, and challenging the status quo.

Do it!

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A leader's job is not to provide all the answers but to ask the right questions and encourage the team to find solutions.

Change the system, behavior changes. Change the behavior, thinking changes. Change the thinking, belief changes.

Cultivate an environment where every team member feels valued and capable.

#autonomy #excellence #safety #diversity

Foster an environment where everyone understands the mission and how their efforts contribute to it.

If your title is Software Engineering Manager, don't just focus on building software; focus on building exceptional teams.

#WorkTogether #SoftwareDevelopment

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Programming is not just about writing code; it's about creating a narrative that machines can understand. - Douglas Crockford

'Through experiments, innovative groups act rather than plan their way forward.' - Collective Genius

#ExperimentationMindset

'Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.' — Robert Schuller

#KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving

Release ridiculously often

What is ridiculously often? You tell me. How often do you release now?

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Visibility leads to clarity.

#SoftwareDevelopment #MakeYourWorkVisible

Have been doing a little research today. Something I've noticed: A lot of 'Agile' articles that mention 'Best Practices' in the title tend to be misinformed regurgitations of very basic Scrum thinking.

Every ounce of energy we spend avoiding what we fear is energy we could have spent on creating something better.

#leadership

A clear understanding of the problem is the foundation for effective solutions. If you can't describe the problem in one succinct line, you're likely trying to solve more than one problem.

#SoftwareDevelopment #KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving

The primary issue is how your team works, not where your team works.

Fix the process, not the location.