May 9, 2023May 8, 2023Book Excerpts, Books What Makes a Great Agile Team? A high-performing and happy agile team tends to be dedicated, self-organizing, empowered, and cross-functional.
February 16, 2021February 16, 2021Self-Selection, University Classes 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 […]
October 20, 2020October 20, 2020Podcasts, Self-Selection 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 […]
October 16, 2019October 15, 2019Self-Selection 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 […]
June 7, 2017March 29, 2020Case Studies Self-Selection at a Big 4 Consulting Firm The Federal Consulting space is not necessarily the place where you would expect to find opportunities to try self-selection. However, after our […]
March 4, 2017October 6, 2019Conference Appearences Self-Selection at Business Agility 2017 Last week, Jesse Huth, Co-Founder of O2 Agility and I gave a TED-like talk about self-selection for a sold-out audience of 320 […]
January 29, 2017March 29, 2020Self-Selection 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 […]
November 19, 2016March 29, 2020Self-Selection 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 […]
October 2, 2016March 29, 2020Case Studies, Self-Selection, Teaming 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 […]