Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Teams are effective when:
- Impact: Team members think their work matters and creates change.
- Meaning: Work is personally important to team members.
- Structure & Clarity: Team members have clear roles, plans, and goals.
- Dependability
- External: The org can depend on your team to get things done.
- Internal: Your team can depend on you to get things done on schedule (or ask for help if you need it).
- Psychological Safety: Team members feel safe to take risks and be vulnerable in front of each other.
- “Yes, and” is a technique used in improvisational comedy that might be applicable; don’t block people’s suggestions but work with and expand on them.
- People feel effective when they make progress everyday, even if it’s through quick/small wins.
- 96% of engineers surveyed preferred pair programming over soloing? :open_mouth:
- Engagement acts as a shield against stress.
- Replace judgement with curiosity.