This blog was inspired by one question: How do I coach myself? As an agile coach that has coached numerous individuals and organizations over the years, it’s easy for me to coach others. However, …
Mark's site about distributed teams, agile organizations, and coaching.
This blog was inspired by one question: How do I coach myself? As an agile coach that has coached numerous individuals and organizations over the years, it’s easy for me to coach others. However, …
2020 presented many twists and turns for all of us, and there are more to come. In August 2017, I began to co-author a book on successful distributed agile teams with Johanna Rothman. Our first chapter was titled “Distributed Agile Teams Are Here to Stay.” We did not realize how prophetic that would be in […]
Over this first half of 2020, most of the world now knows what long-time remote workers have known for years: Remote amplifies. Remote does amplify some obvious things like distance. But until the last few months, only a few realized that distance is a lever, not the outcome of being remote. First, remote amplifies your […]
As people moved to completely online and distributed work in the early part of 2020, interesting patterns in training and collaboration tools emerged. While many trainers have focused on tools and process and the best way to keep teams connected online, it seems we slipped into a control trap for teams. Stand-up Meetings vs […]