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Consensual Software: How to Prioritize User Safety
This article covers how consensual software will help address online harassment and abuse vectors before they become PR nightmares. It also covers some features the GitHub Community & Safety team has built, how we review features from other teams, and the cost of ignoring online harassment on your platform.
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Q&A on the Book Agendashift Part I
In the book Agendashift, Mike Burrows describes an inclusive, non-prescriptive, values-based, and outcome-centric approach to continuous transformation. He explores several lean and agile techniques that can be used in workshops and coaching to do lasting change.
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Q&A on Doing It - Management 3.0 Experiences
In the book Doing It - Management 3.0 Experiences, Ralph van Roosmalen shares his experiences from using Management 3.0 as a manager and as a coach. He explores how he experimented with ideas and practices like moving motivators and kudo cards from Jurgen Appelo’s book Managing for Happiness to find out what drives people, help them to become happier at work, and empower self-organizing teams.
The Microgaming Idea Factory: Innovation in Practice within a Leading Online Gaming Software Company
How do we find time and space to innovate? Microgaming – a leader in online gaming software – has instituted the Microgaming Idea Factory to crowd-source innovation from employees. Spark Award Winner
Does IT Industry Need Better Namings?
This article shares leaky terminologies used in the IT industry with examples, explains why consistency matters and suggests how to deal with inconsistencies and improve the situation. 1
Dialling in: Atkins and the Communication Challenge, Runners up to the 2017 Spark Award
How do you get more than 18,000 people to collaborate and share knowledge? Read the case study of Atkins, runners up in this year’s Spark the Change Award.
Product Development in Distributed Teams
This article focuses on how to do product development in distributed teams. It shares some virtues and practices which help to minimize distance related challenges and develop the right products
Book Q&A on Product Mastery
In his new book Product Mastery Geoff Watts, Scrum and leadership coach, explores what he calls “the difference between good and great product ownership”.
The Divisive Effect of Separate Issue Tracking Tools
The choice of issue tracking tools and usage seems a no-brainer: pick the tool that does the job best. But in today's world of continuous delivery and operations, teams need to work closer than ever.
Teams and the Way They Work
What does a team look like, and what do they have to help them be a successful team? This article discusses some of the tools and techniques that teams use to become and maintain team effectiveness.
Q&A on the Book Agile Engagement
In the book Agile Engagement, Santiago Jaramillo and Todd Richardson explore why employees can be disengaged, and provide solutions for measuring and driving engagement in organizations. 1
The Triangle of Self Organization
The Triangle of Self Organization identifies three essential components needed to guide the process and shows how to choose them consciously to successfully use self-organization as a management tool.
