Posts tagged with: reflection
Wet Monkeys and a New Year
Soon many of us will be singing Robert Burns’ poem “Auld Land Syne”, and depending on the amount of alcohol consumed it may or may not sound similar to its Scottish origins. As this final post of 2016, a new...
Avoiding the 2 X 4 to the face
A couple months ago I read a post by Seth Godin entitled “Duck!“. In it he talks about avoiding the 2X4 to the face. “You’re running it at it full speed, and in a moment, you’re going to slam into...
Lessons Learned: Standard Dashboard Episode 1
Where I currently work many process improvement projects end up requiring some sort of software deliverable be created and left behind to aid in the sustainment of the process improvement work. Originally these were prototypes developed for a single site,...
The value of an effective stand-up
Lately, I have been thinking about how we could execute our stand-up meeting better. Usually when I start questioning the effectiveness of something I like to refocus on the intended value. I recalled a post I read quite a while...
I love you Agile – here is my Waterfall breakup Letter
I came across an agile retrospective activity that asked participants to write a breakup letter for parts of your process that you wanted to break up with or a love letter to the parts of your process that had a...
[We] ain’t afraid of no [retrospective] (Retrospective Activity)
I previously blogged about how important I think retrospectives are, and you can read it here. We recently decided to try and mix up our team EOS Level 10 meeting slightly by replacing the Issue Identification and Resolution portion of...
Using visual aids for actionable reflection
Without reflection there can be no learning. Reflection is the time when we look at what we have done, including actions and behaviors, and evaluate what worked or did not work for a situation. This could be as individuals, a...