At ScanDev 2010 last week, Kent Beck spoke about Software G Forces (slides from an earlier version of this talk are here. Observing that the move in our world is towards more and more frequent releases to users, Kent asked the question — what does this mean for our organisations? (agile in organisations this was the focus of the track - he said he’d tackled the implications for teams and team practices in earlier versions of the talk).
Coaching doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and it isn’t purposeless. I’ve found it useful to think about coaching in terms of goals, and in particular what kinds of goals we can establish.
Steve Freeman tweeted this interesting review by Kailash Awati of a case study by Dr Damian Hodgson, drawing in turn, and in part, on work from the 1990s by Charles Heckscher on the Post-Bureaucratic Organisation.
| Thursday 8 July, 1.00: Flute + Guitar recital with Mike Copperwhite, at St Mary le Bow, Cheapside, London. Tangos, American folksong, and my own Little Suite on the programme. |
| SPA2010 (London, May 16-19) was a blast - thanks to all who came, led sessions, helped organise. Some blog reflections here and here . |
| CATeams unleashed! With partners Ben Fuchs and Joseph Pelrine, I'm proud to announce the launch of CATeams, an innovative approach to improving team performance. Read more here. |