If you don't slow down to speed up, something will force you to slow down. And it will not be on your terms. This happens with individuals when they dig too deep for too long. They hit the wall and get sick. They burn out. The slowdown may be acute. Or it may be chronic—a very long, prolonged period of numbness.
Being French I just have a doubt on 2 things, I'd like to be sure I understand:
"Team takes every sixth week off and focuses on gardening, weeding, systems, tools, and redesigning how it works."
=> What do you have in mind with "gardening/weeding"? Like code cleaning, learning, improvements... or real gardening & weeding because that's a way of clearing your mind :) ?
"New hires do support desk duty"
=> What kind of "support desk duty" ? Do you mean "after sales services"/customer management on a web product or internal support for the company like admin/office management?
Hey John this one was a gem, really resonated with me. I've seen the WIP limits work but might try some of these other ideas
Hey John this one was a gem, really resonated with me. I've seen the WIP limits work but might try some of these other ideas
Hey John this one was a gem, really resonated with me. I've seen the WIP limits work but might try some of these other ideas
Thanks John! Loved this one (again!) !
Being French I just have a doubt on 2 things, I'd like to be sure I understand:
"Team takes every sixth week off and focuses on gardening, weeding, systems, tools, and redesigning how it works."
=> What do you have in mind with "gardening/weeding"? Like code cleaning, learning, improvements... or real gardening & weeding because that's a way of clearing your mind :) ?
"New hires do support desk duty"
=> What kind of "support desk duty" ? Do you mean "after sales services"/customer management on a web product or internal support for the company like admin/office management?
Thanks!
Thanks John, could not agree more, and kinda living this as of now and have the words(in title) on my mind most of the time...
One point I could not understand well enough "Random teams form to tackle new challenges for a month." Would you elaborate pl