Walking Their Talk, Sustainability, Inspiration
Robert Galen
Sustainability

I saw this wonderfully courageous and informative post by Sabine Canditt the other day where she wrote about Sustainable Scrum. 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sustainable-scrum-responsible-choice-sabine-canditt-x0gef

After just completing a The Week program facilitated by the amazing Ann-Marie Kong, it touched my heart.

That said, I wanted to highlight one comment reaction/interaction between Sabine and Erich Bühler 

Erich said—

Thank you for bringing this approach into the world! Scrum does provide an iterative approach for teams to create value, but its scope is limited to the product level and struggles with dynamics across the whole organization for several reasons.
Without updating the underlying business and financial model at a strategic level, Scrum alone cannot transform organization-wide sustainability.

Sustainability
Short-takes, Inspiration
Robert Galen
Sandy’s Take
Sandy’s Take
Short-takes, Personal Thoughts
Robert Galen
The Human Aspects of Agile Coaching
The Human Aspects of Agile Coaching
Coaching, ACGW, Personal Thoughts
Robert Galen
Keys to Building your Coaching Relationships

I talk a lot about the first step in coaching any client (individual, system, team, etc.) is to build a relationship, gain empathy and understanding, and then gain an idea of where/how to help initially. So, do NOT start to coach until you’ve done some relationship-building. 

But what does a coaching relationship, or a professional relationship in general, look like? What are aspects of that? Here are a few things that come to my mind—

  • Making + taking the time.

  • Explaining what you do—what is Agile Coaching.

  • Building some empathy; walking in their shoes; understanding where they are coming from.

  • Meeting them where they are.

  • Listening; reflective listening; building metaphors together.

  • Connecting with their language, not yours.

Keys to Building your Coaching Relationships
Personal Thoughts, Short-takes
Robert Galen
Privilege Awareness

I recently replied to a LinkedIn post by David Pereira. It was a wonderful post, and I applaud David’s boldness and courage in sharing it. 

Here’s a post comment from Stefan Wolpers—

While I agree fully with your personal stance regarding professionalism, David Pereira, some people will shy away, given the current economic climate. Some of the previously aggravated people may seek an opportunity to settle scores.

And here’s my comment—

I love the clarity (No BS) here. Clarity for David and clarity for those who want to work with and who don't want to work with him.
That said, David has the unique privilege that allows him to adopt this clarity. Many don't.

This post is not about David per se. Instead, he inspired me to write it.

Privilege Awareness

Agile Mindset

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Agile Inspiration from the Strangest of Places

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Agile Inspiration from the Strangest of Places

I subscribe to a newsletter about living overseas. I’ve subscribed for ~10 years, dreaming that one day I might, just might retire to a sunny (and reasonably priced) haven.

https://letters.liveandinvestoverseas.com/archive/9z2z5dvut72rjq21ee6nff1a8duib0ppjelhs9vh33o_rp22sh2s8i66oj2c1hm6ob7cdh2bs

The newsletter is written by Kathleen Peddichord. In the May 26th newsletter, Kathleen shared 10 lessons learned from moving around overseas. As I reviewed them, the synergy with agile principles and our mindset really struck me. So much in fact, that I decided to share them with you…

1. Patience... the kind of patience you learn doing time...

This is something that many (most) change agents really struggle with. Why? Because we typically want things to change…right…now. Or we want things to follow our way of solutioning and problem-solving. Instead of being more patient and allowing things to unfold.

By staying present and in the moment, you’ll have the patience to see how things might unfold. And be prepared to be surprised and amazed.