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December 11, 2023

#108 Culture Signals Unleashed: 7 Examples of Grassroots Change in Organizations | Humanizing Work Show

Richard and Peter introduced the concept of culture signals in episode 71. But because of the examples in that episode, many people got the...

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December 04, 2023

#107 Finding the Right Style For Your Leadership Team: Lessons from Take6 and Greg Popovich | Humanizing Work Show

Most leadership teams adopt their style by accident and end up with wasteful meetings and unnecessarily noise and conflict. In this episode, Peter and...

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00:09:33

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November 27, 2023

#106 Overcoming Burnout through Daily Purpose & Vision

Are you looking at your task list today and dreading it a bit? In this replay from the October 2023 Humanizing Work Meetup session,...

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00:53:45

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November 20, 2023

#105 How Coaches Benefit from PO Skills (plus how to develop yours)

Coaches usually focus on skills like facilitation, team formation, and conflict resolution. In this episode, Peter and Richard argue that none of those things...

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00:16:34

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November 14, 2023

#104 Poor Backlog Refinement Is Burning $1000s Per Day

In this episode, Richard and Peter talk about the business case for getting better at product backlog refinement. What’s the financial and human cost...

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00:23:41

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November 06, 2023

#103 Can Agile Even Work With This Business Model?

In this episode, Richard and Peter answer a listener question about whether an Agile approach can work with a customer-funded project model or whether...

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00:11:41