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Strengthen Your Conversations Skills with Remote Work

May 18, 2020 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

BY AGILE CONVERSATIONS AUTHORS DOUGLAS SQUIRREL AND JEFFREY FREDRICK Collaboration is built on skills, and you can build those skills through deliberate practice. This growth mindset view is particularly useful in our world of suddenly enforced remote working. Remote collaboration is more demanding and unfamiliar to a lot of people who are experiencing it for the first time. Responding to these new challenges with a fixed mindset, taking the view that remote working … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Agile Conversations, Books, Uncategorized Tagged With: agile conversations, conversations, douglas squirrel, improve converstions, jeffrey fredrick, remote work

Take The Slow Lane To Build Trust

May 13, 2020 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

By Agile Conversations authors Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick Congratulations—you’ve decided to improve trust with someone at work. It could be the project manager who sets deadlines without consulting you, or that customer who’s complaining endlessly that you don’t deliver sufficient quality, or the star salesperson who sells features the company can’t deliver. Whoever it is and whatever the symptoms of the lack of trust, the first rule is—SLOW DOWN. When we talk to clients about … [Read more...]

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A Note from the Authors of Agile Conversations

May 12, 2020 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

Hello friends! After years of research, learning, and practice, we’re so glad that we can finally bring you Agile Conversations.  It started for us in a small study group, seeking to improve our own communication skills. Encouraged by our initial success, we began working with others. Now, after working with more than 100 companies and thousands of individuals, we’re confident these skills can radically and rapidly change the dynamics in an organization. Along the way we’ve seen far too many … [Read more...]

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Conversations: Humanity’s Secret Weapon

April 15, 2020 by Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick Leave a Comment

Adapted from the upcoming Agile Conversations book by Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick. Our Special Power In his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari explores what has allowed humans to become the dominant species on the planet. His answer is that we have a special kind of communication, unique among animals. Many animals can communicate the idea “Run away from the lion!” through barks, chirps, or movement. Building on top of that, the development of human and … [Read more...]

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Agile Conversations at Parts Unlimited

January 20, 2020 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

Agile Conversations at Parts Unlimited

By authors Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick. Over the past year Parts Unlimited has been busy seeking out consultants who are experts in their fields to help them address major issues within their organization. And it just so happens that we have access to four of those video calls. Our first contact with Parts Unlimited came when Erik Reid emailed us and asked if we were available for a video chat the very next day with Parts Unlimited CEO Steve Masters. We have a lot of respect for … [Read more...]

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