Quotes

Thanks for the Feedback, Page 261

In any contest between change and the status quo, the status quo has home field advantage. All things being equal, we won’t change.

The Art of the Start 2.0, Page 261

Win-lose deals won’t last. Oppression has seldom proven to be a sustainable system.

Grit, Page 261

…I have learned that if you create a vision for yourself and stick with it, you can make amazing things happen in your life. – Pete Carroll

The Practical Agilist Guidebook, Page 261

…sometimes there are challenges with politics about who has access to what environments and systems and it’s easier to keep things the way they are instead of trying to blend and merge the skills and responsibilities on the team.

Thanks for the Feedback, Page 261

When things are going well, feedback can feel threatening, …because it is asking us to let go of something that’s comfortable and predictable.

The Practical Agilist Guidebook, Page 261

…the concept of blending roles leads to much more flexible team processes and behaviors.

Inspired, Page 261

The main challenge in testing value when you’re sitting face to face actual users and customers is that people are generally nice…

A World Without Email, Page 261

…we have the potential to make these [knowledge work] efforts not only massively more productive, but also massively more fulfilling and sustainable.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 261

A focus only on tooling will have minimal improvement on outcomes if processes, the system of work, and behavioral norms, how people are organized and incentivized, are not changing.

Toxic Positivity, Page 261

One of the worst things about toxic positivity is that, when used in the wrong moments, it denies what we’re feeling and makes us feel worse.