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047: Communicating Across Boundaries with Declan Whelan
00:16 – Welcome to “I Rolled a Natural 20 For My Agility Check” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:31 – Background and Superpower; Empathy
09:08 – Cross-Cultural Communication Dynamics
15:48 – Biases, Understanding Dynamics, and Facilitating as an Ally
@jessitron
"To have biases is to be human. It's not a bad thing."@dwhelan @greaterthancode
21:02 – Being Authentic
25:31 – Is Agile something that you are or something that you do?
35:37 – Adopting Practices Across Teams
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
@jessitron
People love consistency. Ask, what are the benefits? then strive for common outcomes, not common practices.@dwhelan@greaterthancode
41:57 – Technical Debt and Technical Health: How do we amplify what we want?
Reflections:
Jessica: Strive for common outcomes; not common practices.
Coraline: Some situations should be taken as a promise for a conversation.
Janelle: Ask for permission.
Sam: Identifying and clarifying outcomes that we want.
Declan: Figure out how you can have effective conversations with your teams.
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Special Guest: Declan Whelan.