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Category Archives: AgileIf you care about adding value at work, invest 7 valuable minutes in this TED video… Some questions I’m asking… Is “agility” more about process and tools, or thinking and learning? Is “perfecting the plan” a learned assumption? And if … Continue reading I was honored to collaborate with Zach Nies, VP Products, Rally Software on The Best Kept Secret of Agile Software Quality which was apparently viewed by over 900 people on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. You can watch the replay. We present for an hour and answer questions for another 25 minutes. Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, quality, Rally Software, Responsibility Process, software development, Zack Nies
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Rally software’s VP of Products Zach Nies and I will present a free webinar The Best Kept Secret of Agile Software Quality. The date is January 12, 2010 Our premise is that software quality is a 3-legged stool composed of … Continue reading
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Tagged agility, Leadership, Rally Software, Responsibility, Software quality
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I lived for too long in my office—a 300 square foot pool cabana next to my family’s home—without a dry erase board for thinking and visualizing ideas. When I finally got one, it had to be smaller than I would … Continue reading Imagine my delight when I opened the front door one day this week and there on the porch were two tractor tires held together with some strong packing tape. They’d been dropped off by one of our friendly delivery truck … Continue reading Wow. Epiphanies and breakthroughs from The Perfect Problem Breakthrough Module 3 today (A Leader Wills to Win: What Do You Want?). I call that “expanding your leadership power everyday.” Claiming Wins This feedback is gratifying. For instance Perfect Problem Breakthrough … Continue reading
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My November 19, 2008 presentation at QConn was recorded by the good folks at InfoQ. The presentation video is edited and posted along with the presentation slides which I posted here. I received a lot of positive feedback on this … Continue reading
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Tagged InfoQ, Leadership, QCon, TeamWisdom, Teamwork
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I appreciate you. And I appreciate your interest in how personal and shared responsibility works in the mind. People like you joined me today for a solid hour of my best information about leading, teaming, and succeeding through 100% ownership. … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Agile, Ask Christopher Avery, Collaboration, Leadership, Recommended Resources, Responsibility, Teamwork
Tagged http://www.blogtalkradio.com/christopheravery, keys to responsibility, Responsibility Process, responsibility redefined, www.askchristopheravery.com
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Your refrigerator door is one of the places I suggest you hang a copy of the Responsibility Process poster. Other suggestions include your office, conference rooms, and, of course, the all-powerful bathroom mirror. The objective is to see it often. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile2009, Mike Cottmeyer, poster, refrigerator, Responsibility Process, Steven "Doc" List
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I’m in San Francisco today at QCon where I gave a talk in the Being Agile track called Teamwork Is An Individual Skill: How to Build Any Team Any Time. Earlier posts about QCon should show up below in the … Continue reading |