Psychology
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance: when an estimate collides with a wish, stakeholders and teams go through the same stages as in grief. Naming them is the first step out.
Learning
When change is the only constant, learning quickly and deciding well become essential. Behind the Slides of my business psychology lecture: how learning processes and decision strategies help us adapt.
Learning
Visual, auditory, kinesthetic? The idea of learning styles is attractive and widespread, and it may be holding you back. Why the belief hinders learning, and what to do instead.
Psychology
How does psychology shape what we do at work every day? The manuscript behind my Business Psychology lecture, opened up for colleagues and anyone curious about the human side of organizations.
New Work
Ten years of experience, or one year repeated ten times? Inspired by occupational psychologist Uwe Peter Kanning, a look at why time served says less about our worth at work than we think.
SAFe
A true SAFe feature holds business value, technical considerations and stakeholder feedback in one place. How to write features that are technically sound and meaningful to the people building them.
New Work
Digitalization has erased the line between work and private life. Boundary theory explains why neither strict separation nor full integration works for everyone, and how we manage our mental fences.
Leadership
Appreciation is too often locked into annual reviews and employee-of-the-month awards. Agile ways of working create a new context for feedback, and a chance to make recognition an everyday thing.
Psychology
Frequent job changes are read as a lack of commitment or social skills. But does the number of jobs on a CV really say anything about personality? A look at what research finds.
Psychology
Groupthink creeps unnoticed into the very teams that pride themselves on collaboration. When the wish for harmony silences individual thinking, agile teams lose what makes them good.
Scrum
The Definition of Done looks like a simple checklist. It is the difference between work that seems finished and work that delivers value. A core Scrum concept that deserves more attention.
Psychology
'Prevention is better than cure' has taught us to fear errors. The price: less learning, less innovation, more stress. What happens when we treat errors as allies instead.