Bryan Finster, -whom I don’t know from bars of soap but the DevOps community- wrote a piece upgrading the Agile manifesto and he lived to tell the tale but only barely. Bryan asks if it’s heretical or a good idea in his comment accompanying the update – I don’t see why it can’t be both. Do…Read More
Doing the People Work is a Big Deal
In this video, you’ll find some Cliff notes for all of you advocates and Superheroes to remember so that they power you to translate the people work into a continuous improvement habit and really start seeing that HumanDebt diminishing: It’s hard, undoubtedly but it’s worth it – it will take time, organisational permission and a…Read More
10 Facts About the People Work
At PeopleNotTech we make software that measures and improves Psychological Safety in teams. If you care about it- talk to us about a demo at contact@peoplenottech.com ——————————————————————————— We get asked very often if there are any examples of companies that do the people work right. Companies that have reduced their HumanDebt™ or made sure…Read More
A “Thank You” to Agile Superheroes
At PeopleNotTech we make software that measures and improves Psychological Safety in teams. If you care about it- talk to us about a demo at contact@peoplenottech.com ——————————————————————————— This week’s articles on the Chasing Psychological Safety newsletter are all about the mental health and wellbeing of our superheroes. I talk a lot about Superheroes. And…Read More
5 Ways to Combat a Brewing HR Crisis
At PeopleNotTech we make software that measures and improves Psychological Safety in teams. If you care about it- talk to us about a demo at contact@peoplenottech.com ——————————————————————————— In yesterday’s article we wanted to highlight the superheroes we meet every week, how tremendously important they are (or should be) to their organisations and how much…Read More
Mental Health, Superheroes and Lip Service
At PeopleNotTech we make software that measures and improves Psychological Safety in teams. If you care about it- talk to us about a demo at contact@peoplenottech.com ——————————————————————————— We’ve long accepted at PeopleNotTech that we are still rather far from where work will be about happy, healthy and engaged employees working flexibly with agility and…Read More
The 10 Pillars of a Successful Agile Transformation – Reloaded-
At PeopleNotTech we make software that measures and improves Psychological Safety in teams. If you care about it- talk to us about a demo at contact@peoplenottech.com ——————————————————————————— I was working on a keynote on the 10 pillars of a successful Agile transformation for a very smart bank the other day and I had to…Read More
Psychological Safety – Undeniably a Must-Have
At PeopleNotTech we make software that measures and improves Psychological Safety in teams. If you care about it- talk to us about a demo at contact@peoplenottech.com ——————————————————————————— In today’s video, Ffion and I expound on yesterday’s theme where we postulated that Psychological Safety is indeed hygiene after all. Or at least, that it should…Read More
I Disagree! Psychological Safety *IS* Hygiene
At PeopleNotTech we make software that measures and improves Psychological Safety in teams. If you care about it- talk to us about a demo at contact@peoplenottech.com ——————————————————————————— Everybody reading me knows how big of a fan I am of Amy Edmondson’s work and how I incessantly repeat that everyone should read her as the…Read More
High Time for the HR and Tech Common Backlog
At PeopleNotTech we make software that measures and improves Psychological Safety in teams. If you care about it- talk to us about a demo at contact@peoplenottech.com ——————————————————————————— I’ve written about the perils of the “us” vs. “them” many times before and it is in a sense the reason behind writing my book, a strong…Read More