Monthly quote, August 2019
“The companies are not formed by departments or independent areas. They are systemic realities, and their efficiency is proportional to the harmony between the working modes of the different departments.” Scrum Manager: ‘Temario Troncal I’ Version 2.6.1 – January 2019, Authors of this version: Alexander Menzinsky, Gertrudis López, Juan Palacio, www.scrummanager.net
The four stages of team development according to Bruce W. Tuckman: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing
Recently, two different speakers in two very different events – David Criado from Vorpalina in this breakfast on Innovation and Humanism , and Carmen Monforte from the ITI at this event of real cases of Scrum application – brought to mention Tuckman’s description of these four stages of team development: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing …. Read More
Monthly quote, July 2019
Have you ever carried out any task that another partner had already done? Have you had any difficulty explaining what another department of your company does? Last month I received this link to a guide on the establishment of objectives (or as they say in Google, OKRs: Objectives and Key Results).
Teams. Success. Choreography.
Almost a month ago, I had the opportunity to attend a Hip Hop competition in Barcelona for the first time. I was very surprised by the ‘megacrew’ category, where really big teams, up to 35 people, filled the stage and moved in an exquisitely synchronized way. Here you can see an example:
Monthly quote, May 2019
“My success is that of all those who collaborate and have collaborated with me, a human being can not be so intelligent, so powerful or so arrogant as to make by himself a company of this dimensions.” Behind any remarkable achievement there are teams; otherwise it is impossible. Successes are always collective. Extracted from the …. Read More
The transformation of this team is already a reality
Do you want to know how is a process of my work with a team? In this post that you can read in 4 minutes I summarize the characteristics and benefits of an Impulse Process with a team of one SME with which I am working:
Monthly quote, April 2019
If you don’t allow people to change what matters most to them, why would they ever engage their precious creativity in solving problems that matter to you ? The Innovation book, Dr Max McKeown