Tag: communication
Thursday, 29 March 2007
Saying 'No' doesn't have to be mean nor painful
Posted by Simon Baker
It's not easy saying 'No' and sticking to it. It can be so painful that we sometimes avoid it just to avoid short-term pain, only to find later that the long-term pain is even worse. We can feel mean for saying 'No' and so we offer reasons that justify our decision and soothe our bad feelings. But each reason you offer may be countered by a reasonable argument for taking the opposite position. And eventually you might surrender and change your decision to 'Yes'. If you can't say 'No' and stick to it, your 'Yes' is meaningless and it's gonna hurt.
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Tuesday, 25 July 2006
Calling 'Timeout!'
Posted by Simon Baker
Timeout - when play is temporarily suspended at the request of a team to discuss strategy
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Monday, 24 July 2006
Thursday, 23 March 2006
The relationships between agile values
Posted by Simon Baker
In the second edition of Extreme Programming Explained, Kent Beck defined five values:
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Sunday, 11 December 2005
Sunday, 30 October 2005
Straight talking
Posted by Simon Baker
When you don't know the answer to a question, don't be afraid to say so. Speculating is the worst thing you can do because it will probably set an expectation that you cannot satisfy.
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Thursday, 20 October 2005
Truth is a conversation about things that matter
Posted by Simon Baker
I recently explored a reference to Parker Palmer's "To Know As We Are Known". I was interested to read that Parker, a renowned educator, defines truth as an ongoing conversation about things that matter and sees "education creating an environment in which truth is practiced". As I was reading I found myself thinking of Scrum and the anecdotes told by Ken Schwaber in the CSM course I attended.
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