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  • The Retrospective Handbook by Patrick Kua

    One of my colleagues at ThoughtWorks published his first book last year called the Retrospective Handbook. It’s a great tool for people thinking about facilitating or wanting to hone their skills facilitating Agile retrospectives. You can buy it here on Amazon or on Leanpub I thought it was great… I’ve listed out here some of…

  • Stand-ups – We can make them better…

    I’ve been thinking about how to get the most out of stand-ups. They are something that all the teams that I have been on do every day, but  how often do they actually meet the real goals of a stand-up? I spent some time thinking about how, instead of just rattling off the usual status…

  • Mountains, Snow and Sunshine

    These photos were taken in Flumserberg, Switzerland back in February, the first 5 with my Canon Rebel EOD and the rest with my iPhone!

  • Gender Diversity on Teams – Roundup

    Wanted to keep a note of a bunch of articles and books that I found recently around studies about gender diversity on teams. Prompted by a discussion with a programme manager at an investment bank and then subsequently with my fellow ThoughtWorks colleague Nic Ferrier I found these often quoted “facts” and was trying to hunt down…

  • Beginnings of an Agile Coach

    So, I’ve not blogged in a while…  I’ve been at a new client since January as an Agile Coach, it’s been quite the learning curve,  leaving me little mental space left for blogging!  To celebrate my return I have got a new blog theme. Pretty! Agile Coach?! What is one of those? Teacher, Instructor, Coach, Trainer,…

  • Reflections on my last gig…

    I have just rolled off of my project of the last 8/9 months, and thought it was a good point to reflect on my time there. Once again I had an awesome time. I learnt a lot, met some great people, made some good friends, watched people grow, and most importantly contributed to a great…