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June 24, 2024
#135 The Duck Canopy Incident & Its Unexpected Lessons for Work
You may not be aware that Richard has a flock of ducks. Recently, Richard’s ducks had the most traumatic day of their lives, and...
00:13:17
June 17, 2024
#134 Why Agile Jobs Are Vanishing, and What to Do About It | Humanizing Work Show
Big companies are eliminating roles like Agile Coach and ScrumMaster. In this episode, we look at why that might be happening, what to do...
00:11:37
June 10, 2024
#133 Employee Engagement Is Terrible. Why It Matters and What Can Be Done.
A recent Gallup study reported that only 30% of workers in the US are engaged or motivated in their work. And this has all...
00:11:44
June 03, 2024
#132 The Complex Boundary Between Product & Engineering Leadership
In too many organizations, the product and engineering teams operate in an adversarial, dysfunctional way. Great products never result from this setup. In this...
00:06:51
May 27, 2024
#131 Can’t fix it? Make it more visible
It can be frustrating to find yourself in a situation where you see a problem but don’t have the power to fix—and the people...
00:10:03
May 20, 2024
#130 How We Dealt with Resistance to Change
In a case of “drinking our own champagne,” we applied the tools we teach for dealing with resistance to change to a real conflict...
00:17:04