http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/07/agile-2006-day-2/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:29:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/07/agile-2006-day-2/#comment-6886 malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » the shame of the nation Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:50:29 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/07/agile-2006-day-2/#comment-6886 [...] The next question: how do I act on this in a responsible fashion? [...] [...] The next question: how do I act on this in a responsible fashion? [...]

]]> http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/07/agile-2006-day-2/#comment-5979 malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » leadership Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:23:17 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/07/agile-2006-day-2/#comment-5979 [...] When I first saw Brian Marick’s complaint about the prevalence of the term “leadership” at Agile 2006, my first reaction was “hmm, that doesn’t sound so good, and here I am being part of the problem.” After thinking about it a bit more, though, the Christopher Avery talk that I blogged about doesn’t sound like the sort of thing Brian Marick is bothered by - that was really about responsibility, a concept which is equally applicable to all levels of the organization. [...] [...] When I first saw Brian Marick’s complaint about the prevalence of the term “leadership” at Agile 2006, my first reaction was “hmm, that doesn’t sound so good, and here I am being part of the problem.” After thinking about it a bit more, though, the Christopher Avery talk that I blogged about doesn’t sound like the sort of thing Brian Marick is bothered by - that was really about responsibility, a concept which is equally applicable to all levels of the organization. [...]

]]> http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/07/agile-2006-day-2/#comment-5929 malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » agile 2006: day 3 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:04:59 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/07/agile-2006-day-2/#comment-5929 [...] I spent all afternoon in a tutorial on coaching; really good, and I really wish I’d attended such a training a year or two ago. Actually, to be honest, I wish I’d managed to pull in an external coach a year or two ago, because I neither had sufficient agile skills nor coaching skills to bring off a successful transition. Or, for that matter, skills in retrospectives, which is still an issue and which I’m hoping to remedy on Thursday; and I made several mistakes related to not having the courage of my convictions (most noticeably my not pairing enough, which I think had strong concrete negative effects on the team), which perhaps yesterday’s leadership talk will help with in the future. So there does seem to be a coherent theme to my choice of sessions to attend - it would be nice if it were fighting the next war instead of fighting the last war, but there are worse themes than the latter. [...] [...] I spent all afternoon in a tutorial on coaching; really good, and I really wish I’d attended such a training a year or two ago. Actually, to be honest, I wish I’d managed to pull in an external coach a year or two ago, because I neither had sufficient agile skills nor coaching skills to bring off a successful transition. Or, for that matter, skills in retrospectives, which is still an issue and which I’m hoping to remedy on Thursday; and I made several mistakes related to not having the courage of my convictions (most noticeably my not pairing enough, which I think had strong concrete negative effects on the team), which perhaps yesterday’s leadership talk will help with in the future. So there does seem to be a coherent theme to my choice of sessions to attend - it would be nice if it were fighting the next war instead of fighting the last war, but there are worse themes than the latter. [...]

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