Chow #216: How best to multi task?
Raveesh was the chief architect at 9to5 corporation. He company had seen significant growth in the last 4 years in a very niche market of Enterprise Application Integration. Their eBbus – or the enterprise business bus, was highly scalable and modular in design and that helped their customers configure and deploy solutions quickly. Raveesh was […]
Chow #189 – Getting over the lockdown fatigue
The last 3 weeks now felt like an extended honeymoon. Janardhan was happy, his team was also happy. Everyone enjoyed the freedom of working from home – in their pajamas and still be fully engaged in the work. Team productivity was higher than when they were together in the office. The relief from traffic jams […]
3 bucket formula for time management
Haven’t we all tried multiple techniques to manage our time better? I have. I have tried different tools, techniques and, almost every time, given up after a few days to few weeks. I have been getting a lot of questions related to time management, with the WFH model making the work-life balance more of a […]
What makes self-managed teams different?
Having worked with several teams over the years, I dare say less than 10% of the Agile teams I have worked with could be classified as “genuinely self-managed”. However, that does not mean that the goal of becoming a self-managed team is unrealistic. With an organization culture that is conducive to teams feeling empowered, self-managed […]