In today’s episode, this CxO belongs to a bank that looks they are doing good – they’re growing YOY, a mobile app on point, no scandals to report, mid-sized European organisation with a strong reputation but he says he feels defeated and doesn’t believe in the future of the organisation. […]
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Just a gentle “Go on John, you know you can write that piece of code/solve that problem/validate that assumption why don’t you put your name to this one?” - just you know, being supportive.
Akin to technical debt, human debt keeps accumulating when topics to do with the employees have been neglected or frankly, half-arsed for long enough. This is what is holding banks back.
When people learn to recognise their limiting-fear-based-avoidant-behaviour they tend to stop it or -at least diminish it and teams gain Psychological Safety!
(...) we can and should all have an internal mental counter to stop ourselves from ever being “waterfally” and slipping
People may think I’m exaggerating when I talk about DevOps Superheroes but to keep learning and keep hoping in the face of soul-crippling organisational HumanDebt is an act of extreme courage.
Let's talk about "Accelerate: The State Of DevOps" report again and about what makes some teams digital elite with stats that enviably show how fast they move and makes others fail to replicate that success. Hint: #PsychologicalSafety #DevOps #Agile #Technology #SoftwareDevelopment #culture #HR #FutureOfWork #WaysOfWork #teams #leadership
Any self-respecting business with claims on sustainability or ambition to win these days, is aware that we live in a #VUCA world and the ways we used to employ to do business as recently as a few years ago, are simply no longer fit for purpose. “Speed” is the word of […]
"If you’re serious about #Agile enough to see it succeed in permeating the entire #organisation, take a look at the methods and practices that are state of the art in #software #development as they’re dripping with blessed inbuilt goodwill, thirst for #knowledge, willingness to make (arguably “too many” but that’s another post for another day) mistakes and true, ego-less #collaboration" #devops #SDO #PeopleNotTech #NoWoWWithoutWoT #technology #leadership #HR #operations #SAFE #ImpressionManagement #PsychologicalSafety #teams
The knowledge that #Agile is THE way is worth the effort to keep both ourselves and others anchored in the breath of the principles and incessantly ask ourselves: “Am I #Agile “yet?” or “Am I #Agile “still”?” #DevOps #Transformation #FutureOfWork #NoWOWwithoutWOT #PeopleNotTech #HumansAtWork #Technology #Flexibility #Meditation #WaysOfWork
"What if we've left the idea of probing in-depth into the well-being of our people so far behind, that none of the big things work? What if we have human debt, not tech-debt? Relationships to clean and fix, not code? Team dynamics and health to test, not features?" #Agile #DevOps #Team #HR #PeopleNotTech #Scrum #Technology #softwaredevelopment
Tales from the log of the #ProductOwner about being truly #agile, #design, big thinking, #servantleadership, #continouslearning and of course, #PsychologicalSafety #PeopleNotTech #leadership #HR #VUCA #Technology #DevOps