collaboration – Lean Agile Guru

Aug

04

2020

Team Interplay

collaboration, Member, team

Day 129. ‘Rather than moving in defined, highly structured stages, the real process is born out of the team members’ interplay’ — Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikojiru Nonaka Continue reading

Apr

25

2019

By Clarence Galapon

Two Simple Ideas For Achieving Higher Quality Connections And Interactions

Coach, collaboration, connections, daily standup, fun, interactions, quality

1) Face to face is best when communicating! You get to see and feel all verbal and non verbal things, see facial expressions, laugh together instantaneously. In a group setting, try to standup / or sit down ... form a circle facing each other. Then have a conversation! Online? Get a laptop camera and turn it on during meetings! 2) In a group session, it is best to have no one dominating the conversation. Use the concept of the 'Talking Stick' (see and read image below)... to provide equal opportunity for everyone to talk and be heard. The 'talking stick'…

Dec

01

2018

By Clarence Galapon

Transformational Coaching: What Moves a Person to Change. Part III

coaching, collaboration, Transformation, transformational coaching

The body has auto response to protect itself and seek for survival. Likewise, in social situations, the brain responds accordingly: threatened? Response is to retreat or fight; reward is on the horizon? Response is to move towards it. If there is a perceived pain that is associated to moving towards a certain direction, people will be hesitant and won't move towards it at all; in contrast, if there is a perceived pleasure that is associated to moving towards a certain direction, people will be enthused and will move towards it. If there is a perceived pain that is associated to…

Oct

29

2018

By Clarence Galapon

What is that One Sentence that Describes the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)?

alignment, collaboration, delivery, synchronize

Answer: SAFe synchronizes alignment, collaboration, and delivery for large number of teams. This is very true! If you have been exposed to SAFe, all you have to do is step back for a wider perspective to see the truth in that aforementioned one sentence describing what SAFe is -- synchronizes: 1) alignment for large number of teams; 2) collaboration for large number of teams; 3) delivery for large number of teams. I kind of associated this description of SAFe to the D-Day Invasion. And, its delivery -- for large and small number of teams -- is predictable too! Predictable incremental…