Pat Kua writes: “At Thoughtworks we run regular rounds of reviews (at least twice a year). We also try to collect project roll off reviews…” We I first joined Thoughtworks, this is one of the things that really excited me. I’m a huge believer in feedback, and to find out that the company I joined [...]
Years ago I played rugby. We had a great coach who was into mental training. So he had us watch lots of rugby games, and to try and imagine it was us on the television. Before a game, he encouraged us to spend time seeing ourself get to the ball first, making that tackle, having [...]
Feedback is at the centre of agile development. Test driven development, continuous integration, pair-programming, short iterations, showcases… These are all practices geared towards getting more feedback faster. We realise that feedback is immensely valuable for the team and for the individual, and still we might not do it a lot. Giving feedback can be hard, [...]
I’ve been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for a few years now. What I love about it is that it’s so focused on effectiveness. A smallish person like me should, with proper techniques, still be able to fight and win over someone larger and stronger (but having less technique). Since our sparring is done with full speed [...]