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The Scrum Master Role is Misunderstood

Scrum.org

Try to imagine 1995 through ~2005. If your Scrum Master (or if you're a Scrum Master who) has limited experience, limited scope, limited authority, and limited influence regarding organizational designit will help you to consider the historical context of Scrum and the role of the Scrum Master. What was their interest in Scrum?

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The Hidden Power of Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Safety in Project Success

The IIL Blog

Examples of feelings are: love, anger, sadness, fear, disgust, surprise, calm, and shame (Goleman, 2005). In our emotional repertoire each one plays a unique role, as revealed by a distinctive biological signature that originates from the amygdala (Goleman, 2005). This suggests that implicit in every emotion is a tendency to act.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

Scrum.org

Although our brain is a marvel of evolution, it has not evolved to excel at the kind of knowledge work (Davenport, 2005) that we actually do most of the time. Although our brain is a marvel of evolution, it has not evolved to excel at the kind of knowledge work (Davenport, 2005) that we actually do most of the time.”. Being there.

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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

Recognize how much of your thinking is still subtly influenced by a mechanical perspective in organizations . like network patterning, mood, safety, social contact and social influence?—?than social influence is that much stronger. than on individual traits. Groupthink and what we’ve seen at UBER ), others will soon follow.

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In-Depth: How Scrum Motivates Teams Through Goals And Autonomy

Scrum.org

Its earliest members, like Herzberg, started to investigate how the psychological processes of workers influenced their motivation. Hackman and Oldman also recognized that personal differences influence this effect; particularly the “need for growth”. We explored the role of cohesion and team size in another in-depth post.

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10 Management Trends to Watch For in 2019

Teamweek

This was an increase of 115% from the year 2005. Gary Vaynerchuk, who has developed multiple online companies and made a name for himself as a social influencer, has said on multiple occasions that the “single most important strategy in content marketing today is video.” Video Marketing. Team Brand Ambassadors.

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Agile Project Management Principles - MOving from Principles to Practices

Herding Cats

Agile Project Management uses risk and opportunity management to create a set of practices that proactively and explicitly manage in the presence of change. † The current definitions of agile are strongly influenced by the software development paradigm. 2, 2005. References . [1]

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