Agile Conversations

Jeffrey Fredrick is a globally acknowledged software development professional with over 25 years of expertise on both sides of the business/technology divide. Jeffrey was an early user of XP and Agile techniques and has spoken at conferences in the United States, Europe, India, and Japan.

Douglas Squirrel has been coding for 40 years, 15 of which he has directed software teams. He works as an executive coach and consultant CTO in London, where he draws on his significant expertise building teams and mentoring startup founders and top executives.

Agile, Lean, and DevOps methods are currently revolutionizing the way work is done in software firms. Despite how widely these strategies are used, many changes fail, primarily because the company overlooks a vital step: culture and how people communicate.

Agile Conversations is an up-to-date, practical, step-by-step approach to harnessing the power of conversation to build successful, high-performing teams capable of achieving genuinely Agile results. Learn how to have productive dialogues that transcend cognitive bias and fear to help your organization's transformation.

Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick, consultants, demonstrate how to use the Five Conversations to help teams create trust, reduce anxiety, explain "whys," set commitments, and hold everyone accountable. These five dialogues provide teams with everything they need to achieve optimum performance, yet they are exactly what too many teams lack today.

Stop relying solely on processes and techniques that confine your organization to cultureless rituals. Instead, use the one-of-a-kind human power of dialogue.

Author: Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Conversations-Transform-Your-Culture/dp/1942788975/

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