Some habits are so embedded in culture that going against them will forever brand you, and possibly make you the subject of ridicule. See Ashton Kutcher and showering.

Originally posted on 2021-09-13 at 00:24 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6842976319123398656

From today’s Ten Percent Happier “Ted Lasso” meditation challenge on kindness. Words to remember to express for someone in need: “May you allow yourself to be imperfect. May you accept yourself just as you are. May you trust that you are enough – right now. May you remember that that there are people who care about you.” Now turn those words inward, to yourself. “May I …”

Originally posted on 2021-09-10 at 03:40 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6841938410157039616

Let’s do Tongue-in-cheek Tuesday.

I wish more people would know how easy “agile” is. All you need to do is:
– Trust the people who do the work to be able to learn, do the work right, and do it with care
– Find something worthwhile to work on
– Let the people who do the work tell you when it’s done

I’ll let you unpack that for a while.

What do you wish more people knew about “agile”?

Originally posted on 2021-08-31 at 15:29 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6838492833243131904

You may not realize this, but when you pay an agile coach (especially an enterprise coach), you’re paying for the way they bring themselves, their consciousness, their self-mastery, their sense-making, and their humanity to your organization. And because it is so rare for people to bring these things, it’s going to cost you – both in terms of money, and in terms of (temporary) disorientation and a certain discomfort, which will eventually turn to comfort. You’re paying for the seed to humanize your organization.

Originally posted on 2021-08-21 at 20:32 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6834945417063612416