The Productivity Trap
Time spent diverging and exploring seems not productive and a waste? Why do we try to efficiently build the wrong thing?
Now and Then
A sporadically updated blog of thoughts and opinions
6 Articles about productivity
Nice team? Overrated!
How often as a coach do you see a team that looks like all is well from the outside, but you know could be doing so much better? And how many times do the team members not recognise this? How many times does their manager think: “They’re okay, don’t rock the boat.”? And maybe they are right. What is wrong with getting along nicely and getting some work done? More than you might think.
Meet with Lean Coffee
You want to have structured meetings. You also want meetings to be effective and to fulfil the needs of the attendants. And last, but not least, you do not want them to drag on. But how do you do this? Simple: use the Lean Coffee format.
Tuckman Game explained
Agile tools that help you with visualising your work, with capturing your users‘ needs and with your retrospective are great. Just not an excuse to not have to think anymore.
When focus is bad
We all know focus is good. Focus helps you finish stuff. But it’s not always best.
How to get into Flow
Do you recognize this? You’re working for a while on something you like working on. It’s challenging work, but you know you can do it. You have lost track of time. Weren’t you supposed to eat 2 hours ago? And now that you mention it, you really need to go to the bathroom. You look at the clock and four hours have past since the last time you consciously noticed the time. You have been in flow.
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