During a recent stay in San Francisco, I walked down to the Ferry Building before dawn to enjoy the beautiful sunrise over the bay. I stopped in Peet’s Coffee for tea. As I waited for it to steep, I noticed a diverse group of people gathered around one of the large wooden tables in the […]
Read MoreLearning and Change
Atul Gawande, author of influential books such as The Checklist Manifesto and Better, writes a column “The Annals of Medicine” in the New Yorker magazine. This week’s issue has an article titled “Slow Ideas”. In it, Gawande explores why some innovations, such as surgical anesthesia, caught on quickly, while others, such as antiseptics, take many […]
Read MoreImproving and Enjoyment
Warning, this post is going to be a bit touchy-feely. But it’s good for us to get that way every so often. In my previous post, I recounted how I’ve been working with my donkey trainer, Tom, to break old, bad habits and learn how to give my donkeys fast, clear feedback. I’ve been practicing […]
Read MoreAdvancing collaboration
You know how some topic will come up, and suddenly you notice it’s coming up over and over in different contexts? Lately, for me, that topic has been collaboration among roles on software teams. My own team practices a “Whole Team” approach to development, and we testers work closely with the developers on a daily […]
Read MoreWhat have you done for you lately?
Inspired by a discussion at TestBash 2.0 Lean Coffee, I find it useful to answer the question, “What are the last three things YOU did to improve”? See my article on Stickyminds.
Read MoreLean Coffees in England!
I’ll be in Cambridge to do a workshop on advanced topics on March 19. Before the workshop, we’ll hold a Lean Coffee sponsored by Software East and open to everyone. Later that same day, I’ll be one of four speakers at the Software East meetup at RedGate software. Please join us at any and all […]
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