TL; DR: Conflict Fear, Tough Conversations — Food for Agile Thought #219
Food for Agile Thought’s issue #219—shared with 24,328 peers—focuses on how to handle tough conversations and overcome conflict fear. We also appreciate a team-building canvas based on core protocols.
We then educate ourselves on the different stances of the Product Owner role; we give skipping the minimum viable product a second thought, and we embrace one more time the benefits of transparency to build trust.
Lastly, we enjoy a short lesson from the trenches on how holacracy works.
Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #218 ?
The Essential Post
(via InfoQ): How I Tried Holacracy and Lived to Tell the Tale
Sandy Mamoli shares from her successes and failures in her team’s quest to create a self-organizing organization, what worked and what didn’t.
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Agile & Scrum: Conflict Fear
(via 99u): 8 Ways to Flip Your Fear of Conflict
Emily Ludolph describes eight steps of how to stop being scared of disagreements and make them productive.
: On Having the Tough Conversations
Len Lagestee shares a simple framework on how to prepare yourself — the coach — for the inevitable dreaded disputes to come.
: Want an Awesome Team? Start With You.
Richard Kasperowski proposes the team transformation canvas—based on core protocols—to facilitate a fast individual and team boot-up.
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Product & Lean
(via Scrum.org): Stances of the Product Owner
Robbin Schuurman and Chris Lukassen created a new training class for Product Owners, detailing the path of becoming professional in their role.
(via Fast Company): It’s time to stop designing “minimum viable products”
In this excerpt from his new book, John Maeda reveals how the increased customer expectation in new products came to be, probably leading to the demise of the MVP.
: How to Make Product Decisions With Transparency and Trust
Ellen Gottesdiener points at the benefits product managers can create by creating transparency and trust with their teams.
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| Nov 27–28, 2019 | Sold out: PST Stefan Wolpers”>Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; English) | Berlin | €1,499 incl. 19% VAT |
| Dec 10-11, 2019 | Sold out: Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German) | Berlin | €1,499 incl. 19% VAT |
| Feb 18-20, 2020 | Professional Scrum Master Training + Liberating Structures (PSM I; English) | Berlin | €1,499 incl. 19% VAT |
| Mar 3-4, 2020 | Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German) | Hamburg | €1,499 incl. 19% VAT |
| Mar 10–11, 2019 | Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; English) | Frankfurt/Main | €1,499 inkl. 19% USt. |
| Mar 24–25, 2019 | Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM II; English) | Berlin | €1,699 inkl. 19% USt. |
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