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The GROWS Method® Institute

@growsmethod

GROW code. GROW people. GROW capability.

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Joined March 2015
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Mark your calendars! We're doing a rare public workshop of our GROWS Project Simulator on 11/15. Get together with your team and see what happens when you make the right decisions, the hard decisions, and the wrong decisions. Details and sign up coming shortly.
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Watch @PragmaticAndy talk about the realities of developing software in this keynote from Agile India 2022. Hint: we're the problem ;)
Agile India (@agileindia) profile pictureAgile India@agileindia24 Sep 2022
[VIDEO] "Fixing the Ultimate Legacy System: You" keynote by @PragmaticAndy at #AgileIndia 2022. confng.in/7tIF0HOg #PragmaticProgrammer #PragmaticThinking #PragmaticLearning
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Becoming an expert involves 10000 hours ... AND Repeated experience in the domain building patterns. AND a Valid Environment for learning AND Timely feedback AND Deliberate practice in your uncomfortable zone. youtube.com/watch?v=5eW6Eagr… #expert #learning
If * Teams complain about the scarcity of information in their work * Dev/QA teams constantly feud over a particular requirement * Developers are told what to do, and never seem to do the right thing Remove Proxies to People growsmethod.com/practices/Re…
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If you can't get people to Agree to Try, you need to Create Psychological Safety. Check out the pain points and assessment. growsmethod.com/practices/Cr…
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Thinking about a "transformation" at work? Currently in the middle of one that isn't going well? Did the people involved Agree To Try? growsmethod.com/practices/Ag…
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Having problems with software development? This may explain why. There's more than edit/build/deploy!
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Rudeness and incivility lowers performance and can lead to fatal errors. OTOH, respect boosts both performance & profits. linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
Christine Porath: Why being respectful to your coworkers is good for business | Malte Fiala

Christine Porath: Why being respectful to your coworkers is good for business | Malte Fiala

I was given the opportunity to attend the excellent #growsmethod workshop conducted by Andy Hunt, Don Gray and Tony Brill . On the last day, we played an agile simulation provided by them, finding...

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March newsletter now out! Read it here: app.mlsend.com/q2p2v1m7n7/ Sign up at growsmethod.com
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The GROWs Method forum is getting ready to vote for their next read here: forum.growsmethod.com/t/shal… . Swing by, vote, and join us in 2020.
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Hey! Would you like to participate in a UX study for our new website and workshop offerings? It will take one hour, and I’ll send you a signed copy of Pragmatic Thinking & Learning as thanks. Email me at [email protected], first 10 win!
Not too late to join the study hall for reading “The Fearless Organization” by Amy Edmondson. Look in the study hall category at forum.growsmethod.com
Why Deadlines Don’t Work growsmethod.com/2019/02/19/D…
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New blog post: "The Four Keys To Rapid Response Software Development.” growsmethod.com/articles/fou…
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Assumptions are based on assumptions. It’s assumptions all the way down.
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Join Don Gray for live Q&A on The GROWS™ Method on Monday: crowdcast.io/e/don- gray-grows-method
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GROWS says to remove proxies to things. A certification is a proxy for competency. It is not competency itself. It’s often not even a very good proxy, either.
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From @donaldegray: Batch size and disappointment are directly correlated. The larger the batch, the greater the disappointment. Batch size and happiness are inversely correlated. The smaller the batches, the more happiness you get. #truth
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From my friend @sivers. When’s the best time to start? Look at the clock.
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This. teapaw.org/CGLambdin/status/95812…
Charles Lambdin (@CGLambdin) profile pictureCharles Lambdin@CGLambdin29 Jan 2018
Replying to @tottinge
The biggest problem IMO is focusing on delivery velocity and not learning velocity.
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