Thoughts

Doc Norton on swapping between being a practitioner vs being a coach #WhoIsagile #wIa056

#Interview with Doc Norton  for the #video edition of Who is #agile (#WIa056) We talked about - Working with a large #toolbox - Not being allowed to quit - Freshman is age 15 - Having a coach that laughs at him - #Crosscountry as a team sport - Comparing the team sport of crosscountry with agile development - #Scaling up the rest of a team - Seeing a team not as #competitors but as a team - Training as a... Read more >

Angie Doyle talks about her work in the board of directors of the agile alliance

#Interview with Angie Doyle  for the #video edition of Who is #agile (#WIa055) We talked about - Moving from #Johannesburg to #Hilversum / #Amsterdam - Living near the media hub - Paying for her own studies.. - How being #blamed for a bad system by a bad leader, influenced her #leadership style. She argues very well. - Reading the small letters in #contracts and finding errors. - #Learning a new language is harder when people are older. - Having a big #backlog. - #SayingNo to things she is passionate... Read more >

Companies we work for, are always a bit of a mystery according to Matteo Vaccari #WhoIsagile #WIa54

#Interview with Matteo Vaccari  for the #video edition of Who is #agile (#WIa054) We talked about - XpdaysBenelux is still the best agile #conference he went to. - How he was inspired by Pascal Van Cauwenberghe & Vera Peeters - Thoughtworks - Workshop on #refactoring & #obfuscating code from Vera Peeters (link on youtube) - Susan Cain defintion on #introvert - We always need to #learn - Any company we work for is a bit a mysterie - Getting feedback about what he does - Underlying everything Matteo does... Read more >

Suwilo Chanda sometimes has a split personality as a scrummaster…#Whoisagile #WIa053

  #Interview with Suwilo C. for the #video edition of Who is #agile (#WIa053) She was invited by Bevan Williams We talked about - how she rolled into agile - How although she considers herself an #introvert, in many cases she is the first person to speak in her team - Cultural difference between her #culture and my western culture. - A #scrummaster has a guiding role - Being a new girl many times as a result of her... Read more >