The Quick Brown Fox

How to Take an Idea from Good to Great Why I Quit Google - This post may actually change my life.  You Can Count on Me - A Team Exercise Change Fatigue - An oldie but goodie on the subject of why change often fails 

Most Common Cognitive Biases Visualised & Explained - I want to marry this post. Full Utilization and Whitespace - Or maybe this one, because damn that is an elegant explanation. What Should We Measure? - Tim is always a good read, and I certainly have metrics on my mind right now with all of my new spreadsheet-related duties.

Why the Office Needs a Typewriter Revolution - Not sure I 100% agree with this, but it's an interesting argument, and a reminder to question our assumptions.  Resources Don't Write Software - Ms Derby being awesome, as usual.  HBR article on using photographs to build team connection (Podcast) Mindfulness, Meditation, and Productivity    (Podcast) Hurry Slowly 08.   Estimating Business Value in the Shark Tank - Someone actually did this exercise at one of our user conferences, and the results were (I am told) illuminating. Unfortunately, there was no follow-up, which is where good ideas die in droves.   The Show and Tell - Some interesting guidance on doing a good sprint review.  Four Tips for Getting the Most from Your Introverted Team Members - Off-putting title, but advice seems sound

Things are getting back to normal, or whatever passes for it, this week. Creating an Environment of Teamwork - question your assumptions!  Festivus - A Technique for Achieving Leadership Alignment 10 Ways to Be More Mindful at Work -  Exactly the kind of information I'm looking for to support my "year of practice".   5 TED Talks on How to Ask Better Questions Please, Try - More excellent advice, even if Medium persists in asking me to sign up for something.

I stayed off Twitter for almost the entire holiday season, and have been leery of diving back into that particular soup, so there's not a lot to post this (short) week. The Long, Hard, Stupid Way - SO much of this resonated with me! Via the Hurry Slowly newsletter.  This NYT article about the importance of having a purpose in life makes a perfect bridge into the new year for me. Safety Boosters and Killers - Useful list of common safety issues, could be used to begin a conversation about your local context. 

Posting early because I'm on vacation as of tomorrow -- another week of tools, blog posts, and random items of potential interest. There's a ton of Kanban stuff this week because of my new team project. When to Jump: Walking Away from Big Business Toward Transformation Volunteering is the Best Kept Secret for Mental Health When Does Work Actually Get Done? - found this via J Glei's newsletter. Everyone should listen to "Hurry Slowly." Scrum Master Anti-Patterns - The scrolling on this page is the worst, but a useful read of Things to Avoid.  Product Vision Board Breaking the Cycle of Bad Scrum Myth 8: The Scrum Master is a Junior Agile Coach - I don't have any investment in the thesis (so many arguments in this industry about labeling!), and I suspect that this is one of those things where your mileage will vary depending on your organization, but an interesting read.    TDD for 9 year olds - This sounds like it was really fun to do.   The Kanban...