Collaboration: the action of working with someone to produce or create something. An essential skill for high performance agile and scrum teams.
Years ago that I had a bit of fun on a train commute. Remember those? Trains, planes and automobiles to get to work… Mind you, I was in the “quiet car,” so it was not a raucous karaoke kind of fun. More inside-my-own-head kind of fun. I built a personal …
What exactly is bikeshedding? A recent conversation brought a renewed vigor to my use of the term “bikeshedding.” The term was coined c. 1957 by C. Northcote Parkinson to illuminate a discovery he made – that groups of people tended to make a futile investment of time and energy on disputes over …
Sometimes the right (or at least initial) response to a request for action “now” is “No.” – It’s far easier to say “yes” later on…
On the other hand, maybe you don’t even have to choose between “Yes” and “No” particularly if you’re trying to initiate a conversation.
tl,dr: There are three parts to making a commitment and maintaining accountability: We say we’ll do it. We mean it. We actually do it. You may also like Unapologetic Accountability: Effective Teamwork and Collaboration
Sometimes tangential ways of attacking problems can be more interesting than the direct head-on approach.
