People and Teams
People and Teams
People and Teams Stories
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Self-Organization: What Your Scrum Team Can Learn from KindergartenersSome kindergartens are experimenting with new approaches to teaching, including letting students form groups to accomplish tasks that interest them, which also allows them to support and engage with each other. This is self-organization, the heart of Scrum. If five-year-olds can do it, your agile team likely can, too! | 
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How to Dissuade Your Boss from Making a Bad DecisionIf your boss is about to make a decision that you think is a bad one, it's important to be mindful of how you address your concerns. Even if all your points are valid, if you make them in a brash or condescending manner, it won't matter. Here are some tips for dissuading your boss from a bad choice in an effective way. | 
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Technology, Corporate Trees, and Employees: The Triple Win Employees who work in environments with trees nearby have been scientifically proven to be at least 50 percent more productive, happier, and better-looking than average. OK, that may be an exaggeration, but there is growing evidence that trees meet the needs of people, the environment, and businesses. |
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The Benefits of Thinking on Your Feet—LiterallyMost articles and research about avoiding prolonged sitting and doing more work while standing have focused on the physical health benefits of periodic standing, particularly if you have a desk job. But there are also mental benefits. Standing and walking improve attention, memory, and other cognitive skills, too. |
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Scrum Isn’t the Only Path to AgilityScrum can really help a team to become more agile. But that doesn’t mean it is the only way for a team to become agile. Agile is all about self-organizing teams collaborating to find what works for them, so if a nontraditional approach helps your team get started, then you’re just forging a new path to agility. | 
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For Distributed Team Success, Think Differently about WhenFor distributed teams, activities usually get scheduled based on constraints such as availability and time zone, but people don’t often take into account when the most effective time to meet would be. Neglecting people’s work tendencies and schedule preferences could make it harder for the team to be successful. |
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Why Smart People Sometimes Do Dumb ThingsSmart people sometimes do things that are not so smart. In fact, smarter people are actually more vulnerable to thinking errors than those who are less smart, causing them to make unwise decisions. If you’re a smart person, the smartest thing you can do may be to recognize the ways in which you are not so smart. |
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Is Your Child Meeting Development Milestones? The CDC Has an App for That There are apps that track everything from your fitness goals and calories consumed to the whereabouts of your spouse. However, if you have a young child from age 2 months to 5 years in your life, the free CDC Milestone Tracker is a pretty good mobile app for tracking your child’s development. |
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