Posts by KSG5tShitDone

I’m Dr. Dave Cornelius, the host of the Agile for Humanity podcast series in partnership with the Agile Alliance. The goal is to have real talk with people in the Agile community that are black, indigenous, and people of color, as well as people that are white. The conversations will not be limited to people…

In a recent conversation with Ervin (Earl) Cobb on my podcast, KnolShare with Dr. Dave, I learned the metaphor of Gumbo provides a lens to see how we can help leaderless leaders to find their mojo.  Gumbo is a Cajun soup popular in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.  There are different types of Gumbo to satisfy…

Debriefing Cube The Debriefing Cube has six sides that include 1) Goal, 2) Process, 3) Group Dynamics, 4) Communications, 5) Emotions, and 6) Take-aways. Recently, I spoke at the Agile Arizona North and South Meetups, as well as used the tool in a Advanced Scrum class to build a repository of questions that can be…

Pain: Team Toxin – Blaming Team toxins are a natural part of team dynamics.  It is a natural human condition that requires intentional actions to reduce the effect on the team.  One toxin that affect team dynamic is blaming. There will be people who will blame other people or the organization for their own failures.…

Pain: Poor Quality I remember taking over a project and listening to a customer say, “this is the worst software product I have ever used, and no one will do anything about making it better.  It is so bad that I will not even bother telling you about it anymore.” Poor quality is a systemic quality…