Troubleshooting Agile
Troubleshooting Agile
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Fear: The Original Sin of Unproductive Conversations
18 minutes Posted Jun 3, 2020 at 8:52 am.
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We're up to chapter 4 of Agile Conversations: "Fear: The Default Feeling". We look at why defaulting to fear was a successful adaptation for our ancestors and why it serves us poorly now, for example leading to the phenomenon of "greenshifting" that can lead to catastrophic misunderstandings. We explain why starting sentences with the phrase "I'm afraid that..." can help you expose and reduce fear in your team.
SHOW LINKS:
- Previous episodes and blog posts on fear and related techniques:
- https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/overcoming-normalisation-of-deviance
- https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/removing-the-blame-frame
- https://blog.jeffreyfredrick.com/2016/04/08/coherence-busting-explained/
- https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/greenshifting
- Greenshifting: https://www.drdobbs.com/dr-dobbs-agile-newsletter/191600661
Episode transcript: https://www.conversationaltransformation.com/posts/fear-the-original-sin-of-unproductive-conversations/
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