Update 26.4.2021: a version of this blog post was published also in Reaktor’s (I work there!) blog: https://www.reaktor.com/blog/blog-better-virtual-meetings/ . Also,…
How to Organize Motivating Meetings – GRASS Model
Participants of my facilitation trainings often ask how to make people enjoy the meeting, so that the meeting would be…
Manifesto for Flexible Agile Transformation
I gave a lightning talk called Manifesto for Flexible Agile Transformation in Scan-Agile 2019 conference. The manifesto consists of four…
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It’s very useful to make explicit what we think makes a good team, and decide what kind of a team…
Personal User Manual Tells Others how to Work With You
Maybe the most useful thing I have come across lately is My User Manual. I picked up the idea from…
Likelihood to Accept to Do Something You Don’t Really Want to Do Increases as Time Left Before the Event Increases
It’s much more likely that you promise to do something, e.g. to go to an event or a meeting, to…
To Get Stuff Done, Split It To Five Second Tasks
Difficult part of getting anything done is starting. At least for me. Once I get going with something, I’m usually…
Six Ways to Influence People
I just read a great Cliff’s notes version of book Influence by Robert Cialdini. Here is a rundown on six principles…
Facilitation: Team’s Strengths
First part of the workshop is used to discover team’s strengths. Second part of the workshop is used to figure…
Leadership is Making a Comeback
In my work as a coach, I have seen managers and leaders in many organisations struggle with leadership. I hear…
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