Scrum Day Madison is October 23rd!
Scrum Day Madison is a month away! This year, I’ll be talking about self-selection. If you’re in the area, you should join me! I’ve got a discount code at the bottom of this article that gives you 25% off.
Category: Self-Selection
Self-Selection in an Academic Setting
Self-selection is a team-formation process in which employees choose who they work with and what they work on. If you’re unfamiliar with […]
The Agile Wire: A Podcast About Self-Selection
A month ago, I recorded a podcast for The Agile Wire with Jeff Maleski and Jeff Bubolz, both amazing Agilists in the […]
Ode to O2 Agility
In spring 2016, Jesse Huth and I ran our first self-selection event at Opower and were immediately hooked. It is such an […]
Video: Self-Selection in 4 Minutes
To better get the word out on self-selection, we created a 4-minute video explaining what it is. Share if you think self-selection is as brilliant […]
A Few Organizational Problems Solved by Self-Selection
Self-selection can be used to solve a myriad of organizational problems or situations. It fosters the habits that form the basis for a healthy […]
Rules That Make Your Self-Selection Event Work
In Self-Selection, rules not only make your event run smoothly, they’re the real reason we end up with balanced teams that cover […]
7 Common Hesitations About Self-Selection (And Why You Should Still Persevere)
Whenever I pitch self-selection to someone new, unfailingly, I watch them go through various stages of emotion. First it’s “That’s really cool, […]
Self-Selecting Teams: Could It Work For You?
This spring, after a large internal reorganization, Opower, the software company I worked for based outside of Washington, DC, experimented with self-selection. Forty distributed engineers […]