Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Shamrock Mapping - Mike Coon

  1. You may use the Shamrock mapping for retros, or to elaborate on an Element's Dynamics along Autonomy and Mastery.
  2. This is probably derived from Daniel Pink's Drive -- Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose. 
  3. Place an element (as in this case "Compile") along Autonomy - Y Axis, and Mastery - X Axis. 
  4. Then, identify the "accentuators" and "Drags" on both axis. 
  5. Lift are those that allow the element to move to greater autonomy, whereas weight brings it down. 
  6. Likewise, Thrust propels the element along Mastery, while Drag hold it back.


Changing Organisational Culture - Michael Sahota

Wardley Maps

Wardley maps (by Simon Wardley) have been in for a while. I have attended a session too by Neil Killick in Melbourne (shall upload the slides / snapshots).

https://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/02/an-introduction-to-wardley-value-chain.html


Thursday, June 20, 2019

Burnout

Infographic and content - Lindsay Braman.

The voice of burnout is not YOUR voice. Burnout will say you aren’t cut out for it, that you don’t enjoy it, that you aren’t good at it. Don’t make career decisions while you are burned out. Switch employers, cut down hours, get a side gig selling slotted spoons on eBay, do what you gotta do to equal out your stress and your support resources.

Burnout is:

  • NOT a simple response to Stress
  • NOT Weakness
  • NOT incompatibility with field
  • Burnout happens when we are exposed to more stress than we can cope with. 


Agile requires a "sustainable pace." You should be coming into work every day fully rested and able to do your best work. Burn out is very real, but if you see it, the org isn't Agile. If work is so stressful that you burn out even working "normal" hours, you're also not Agile. - Allen Holub

Use this link to check burnout of your team

http://www.uapd.com/wp-content/uploads/Maslach-Burnout-Inventory-MBI.pdf


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