“All that is necessary for effectiveness is output judged acceptable by those who receive or use it, a team that winds up its work at least as capable as when it started, and members who are at least as satisfied as they are frustrated by what has transpired. The challenge is to generate ways of... Continue Reading →
Intrinsic Motivation is the Drive for Extraordinary Results
Try to google "what motivates employees", and you can spend the rest of your days figuring this mystery out, browsing through thousands of results. A short but comprehensive summary is found on Science Direct. You get the overview and information on what you read on next, if you want to go deeper into the subject. In... Continue Reading →
High-Performance Teams are Long-lasting According to Tuckman
I've been hearing a lot of people talking about stages in teams development - forming, storming, norming and performing, so I jumped into figuring out (1) where this theory is coming from and (2) how valid it is today in connection to agile teams. The originator of the theory is Bruce W. Tuckman, who wrote a... Continue Reading →
Devs talk: personal interest and customer value
Discussion I arrived in the tech office at 12:30 pm - coming from our other office. There were a few colleagues having lunch and talking about how they'd like to work. One of my colleagues especially had a strong opinion. Let's call him Ralph. "I think working in flexible teams would make everyone happier. I... Continue Reading →