Do you have an 'Eeyore' in your technology team, for whom it's all thorns and no roses? Can you help him or her to be more Tigger--and would you even want to?
@jtf and Douglas Squirrel discuss pessimism and burnout on today's Troubleshooting Agile:
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Mistakes are only obvious backwards--forwards, they look like good ideas. Encourage meaningful errors that lead to learning: a negative result is a sign of a successful experiment. On today's Troubleshooting Agile with Douglas Squirrel and @jtf :
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Troubleshooting Agile Douglas Squirrel Episode inspired by this post: miqueloc.medium.com/agile-is-f-ng-…

Agile is dead, but does anyone care? Cynefin tells us that we should be watching the slope of improvement, not aiming for a mythical 'best practise'. Why agile is irrelevant, on the ironically named Troubleshooting Agile with @jtf and Douglas Squirrel : soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Has 'adopting Jira' become the definition of 'being agile'? If so, I'll find another line of work. Using the right tools for certain and uncertain environments, on today's Troubleshooting Agile with Douglas Squirrel and @jtf : soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Build centralised, standard structures for your tech only when you're sure the terrain isn't moving under your feet--and stable software is no guarantee against market avalanches. Centralising and decentralising with Douglas Squirrel and @jtf: soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Cancel your standup and record your decisions in writing, not conversations-- @jtf and Douglas Squirrel explore 'async-first' software development with Sumeet from Thoughtworks on today's Troubleshooting Agile: m.soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Notwithstanding (and not misunderstanding!) @kentbeck, go ahead and bravely demand the next feature right after the completion of the last. Why Douglas Squirrel likes to be more demanding than Kent, on today's Troubleshooting Agile with @jtf :

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The value of two-way doors and reversible decisions for your tech team and your product--and how to do risky experiments even in the most risk-averse organisations. All on today's Troubleshooting Agile with @jtf and Douglas Squirrel : soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

You know investing in skills or tech advancements will speed you up, but how to make it happen? Convincing your boss is all kinds of wrong--why, and what works better, on today's Troubleshooting Agile with Douglas Squirrel and @jtf:

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Use a shared language to ensure good ideas for your product or team aren't crushed before they get a chance to live. @jtf and Douglas Squirrel discuss how, inspired by Elizabeth Van Nostrand, on today's Troubleshooting Agile:
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ChatGPT is a boring writer, but can be a fantastic teacher, helping you learn how to have difficult conversations with colleagues and disappoint them helpfully. More on today's Troubleshooting Agile with Douglas Squirrel and @jtf : soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Incompatible regulations, competing customers--a listener in a government IT agency tells us about his team's difficult challenges. Douglas Squirrel and @jtf recommend a (difficult!) path to platform success on today's Troubleshooting Agile:

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Phoenix Project author Gene Kim is back with new ideas for winning organisations! Gene joins @jtf
on today's Troubleshooting Agile to discuss how and why 'simplifying & amplifying' changes the socio-technical wiring to enable high performance:

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Phoenix Project author @realgenekim is back with new ideas for winning organisations! Gene joins @jtf on today's Troubleshooting Agile to discuss how and why you should be 'slowifying' to escape the danger zone: soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Phoenix Project author Gene Kim is back with new ideas for winning organisations! Gene joins @jtf on today's Troubleshooting Agile to share groundbreaking new theories that explain how some companies do more with less: soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Effective executives draw on extensive battle scars for guidance and insight. How to learn from the elders, and become one yourself, on today's Troubleshooting Agile with Douglas Squirrel and @jtf :
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Tech teams operate best with clearly defined 'negative space' that's not in scope -- and leaders are more receptive to defining it than they think. On today's Troubleshooting Agile with Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel :
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In case anyone needs a podcast recommendation, Troubleshooting Agile Troubleshooting Agile is one of my all-time favourite and probably not very well-known podcasts. Thank you, Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel, for producing great content! See also agileconversations.com

Your niggling worries and minor observations are 'bench sweeps', valuable dust that are worth refining into gold--don't ignore your gut feelings! More on today's Troubleshooting Agile with Douglas Squirrel and @jtf :
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