If you drink tea together every day at 4pm, it becomes a ritual. If people start bringing cookies to go with the tea, the ritual becomes stronger. While you are drinking tea, you are part of this Tea-Drinking Group. When you are not in the ritual, you’re out of the group. The ritual creates boundaries …
“Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction?” Do you know this quote? If you do, we have something in common, we both like the “Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy” enough to know some of its text by heart. …
It is important for a project to have a specific culture. It is the culture of a group that determines what we think is essential and how we interact with others. It’s how we do thing around here. But not all individuals like the same culture. People have preferences. Some like plan-driven approaches. Some like …
If you want to have a self-managed team (and you really want that), you need to agree on the means of the project, the rules of engagement. One set of rules for everyone. Everyone should know the same set of rules… Humans … have “rules” about how we do things “around here”. It is not …
Why isn’t a document on a shared workspace “social media”? Social media is all about having a “conversation”. An exchange of information between persons. You can write your question in a word document. Upload it. Send me a mail. I check the mail. Download the document. Answer the question. Well, you get the idea. Yes, …