Books & Resources

Conversational Dojo Kit
by Douglas Squirrel, Jeffrey Fredrick
This free conversational dojo kit from Agile Conversations…

Conversational Transformation
by Douglas Squirrel, Jeffrey Fredrick
This free ebook is based on the 2019…

Agile Conversations
by Douglas Squirrel, Jeffrey Fredrick
Today, software organizations are transforming the way work…
Articles
Test-Driven Development for People: The Art of Conversation
September 7, 2021
This post is an abridged excerpt from Agile Conversations: Transform Your Conversations, Transform…
Accountability: Leaders are Accountable Too
August 26, 2020
This is a transcript of episode 126 of the Troubleshooting Agile podcast with Jeffrey Fredrick…
Why: Finding the Balance for Joint Design
August 12, 2020
This post was adapted from episode 124 of the Troubleshooting Agile podcast with Jeffrey Fredrick…
Fear: The Original Sin of Unproductive Conversations
August 6, 2020
This post was adapted from episode 123 of the Troubleshooting Agile podcast with Jeffrey…
Trust and Test Driven-Development for People
July 30, 2020
This post was adapted from Episode 122 of the Troubleshooting Agile Podcast. This is…
Conversations: How to Improve and Why You Won’t
July 22, 2020
This post was adapted from Episode 121 of the Troubleshooting Agile Podcast. Continuing…
Software Factory to Feature Factory
July 17, 2020
This post was adapted from Episode 120 of the Troubleshooting Agile Podcast. The…
Undoing IT Silos: How the “Walled Garden” Anti-Pattern Gets Started
July 13, 2020
Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick are the authors of Agile Conversations. This is…
Conversations: Humanity’s Secret Weapon
April 15, 2020
Adapted from the upcoming Agile Conversations book by Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick.…
Douglas Squirrel
Douglas Squirrel has over 40 years of experience in software development. He is an Executive Coach and consulting Chief Technology Office (CTO) in London, making use of his extensive experience growing teams and advising startup founders and senior managers. His previous roles included founding CTO at TIM Group and VP Engineering at the e-commerce startup Secretsales. He has consulted with a wide variety of London startups including Geckoboard, Lostmy.name, DueDil, Kano, and MarketInvoice. He lives in the United Kingdom with his wife.