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Software Teams and Teamwork Trends Report Q1 2020

The Culture & Methods editors team present their take on the topics that are at the front of the technology adoption curve: how to make teams and teamwork more effective, in person or remote, some new tools and techniques, some ideas that have been around for a while and are starting to gain traction, the push for professionalism, ethical behavior and being socially and environmentally aware.

Ben Linders Douglas Talbot Evan Leybourn Craig Smith Shaaron A Alvares Rafiq Gemmail Shane Hastie
on Mar 31, 2020
DevOps

What’s Next in DevOps?

The DevOps movement continues to grow and gain influence in the IT world and the business world at large. As the organisations become increasingly digital, the agility of our IT systems becomes critical to the life and health of the companies.

Andrew Davis
on Mar 27, 2020
Culture & Methods

The Selfish Meme: How Organisational Memes Define Culture

The Selfish Meme is a mental model that allows us to build a framework around some tools and techniques that might help us to guide positive cultural change within an organisation. Frequently, we have to battle against the organisation itself and the “Corporate Immune System”. Sometimes we managed to “win” the battles and the war and effect positive and lasting change.

James Birnie
on Mar 17, 2020
Culture & Methods

Maintaining Mental health on Software Development Teams

Working on a software development team often means dealing with stress, anxiousness, and tight deadlines. Research has shown developers to have considerably higher chances of experiencing mental health issues than their counterparts, who perform mechanical tasks. Check out these nuggets of wisdom for stabilizing developers’ mental health, shared by Beetroot’s HR psychologist.

Lena Kozar Vova Vovk
on Mar 14, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Unleashing the Power of Diversity

The book Unleashing the Power of Diversity by Bjørn Z. Ekelund describes the Diversity Icebreaker, an experiential communication exercise where people learn about themselves and others. The differences are named Red, Blue and Green, a language of diversity that is relevant for interaction, problem solving, giving feedback, and creating inclusiveness and trust.

Ben Linders Bjørn Ekelund
on Feb 19, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Managing the Unmanageable

The book Managing the Unmanageable by Mickey W. Mantle and Ron Lichty provides rules, tools, and insights to manage programmers and teams. It explores how to hire and develop programmers, onboard new hires quickly and successfully, and build and nurture highly effective and productive teams.

Ben Linders Mickey Mantle Ron Lichty
on Feb 07, 2020
Culture & Methods

Setting Up a Virtual Office for Remote Teams

Adopting a virtual office model saves a business $11,000+ annually per employee. It’s also one of the best answers to employees’ growing demands for mobility. Whether you’re considering a virtual office environment for several employees or a whole team, implement these strategies to ensure managers’ peace of mind and the top productivity of remote workers.

Angela Yurchenko
on Feb 05, 2020
Culture & Methods

Using OKRs to Build Autonomous Impact Teams

To focus on outcomes rather than outputs, Meilleurs Agents uses the Objective and Key Results framework to align the whole company on what they want to achieve. Christopher Parola and Nicolas Baron gave a presentation at FlowCon France 2019 where they showed how they implemented the OKR method and turned their product and tech teams into impact teams.

Ben Linders Christopher Parola Nicolas Baron
on Jan 31, 2020
Culture & Methods

Author Q&A on the Book The Innovation Revelation

David Lowe has written the book The Innovation Revelation: A story about satisfying customer needs. The book tells the fictional story of Charlie Blades who is a manager in the IT department of a retail company in London, faced with disruption from outside and old ways of working inside. The story explores how changes in workplace culture and practices can result in better outcomes.

David Lowe Shane Hastie
on Jan 25, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Testing Business Ideas

The book Testing Business Ideas by David Bland and Alex Osterwalder provides experiments that can be used to find out if your product ideas are desirable, viable and feasible. Experimentation also helps to reduce the risk and increase the likelihood of success of new venture or business projects.

Ben Linders David Bland Alex Osterwalder
on Jan 22, 2020
Development

Book Review: Developer, Advocate!

Developer, Advocate! is a set of interviews with prominent technologists, covering what drives their interest and enthusiasm in the industry. The brevity of each interview provides direct information and insight that can be read separately at any time, in any order, enabling those with busy schedules to read, put down, and repeat.

Erik Costlow Geertjan Wielenga Jennifer Reif
on Jan 14, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Quantum Leadership

The book Quantum Leadership by Frederick Chavalit Tsao and Chris Laszlo brings to light the power of direct-intuitive practices – such as meditation, nature immersion, art, and exercise – to transform a leader’s consciousness to the highest point of leverage for entrepreneurial creativity that embeds social purpose.

Ben Linders Frederick Chavalit Tsao Chris Laszlo
on Jan 13, 2020