Tech work is messed up…and we can fix it

Richard Lawrence 2008-07-25
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Kathy Sierra tweeted: “The big Q: how much does the *perception* of working in tech need to change, and how much does the *reality* need to change?”

I’m focusing my career on the belief that tech work is *really* messed up and that it doesn’t have to be. If a team I coach gets more productive but doesn’t get happier, I haven’t done my job. The big win with agile/lean/TOC is that they align work with how humans actually function: limited attention span, need for community, continuous learning and limited ability to predict the future, need for frequent positive reinforncement.

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Richard Lawrence
Longtime co-owner of Agile For All, Richard left in October 2020 to co-found Humanizing Work. He trains and coaches people to collaborate more effectively with other people to solve complex, meaningful problems. He draws on a diverse background in software development, engineering, anthropology, and political science. Richard is a Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer, as well as a certified trainer of the accelerated learning method, Training from the Back of the Room. His book, Behavior-Driven Development with Cucumber, was published by Addison-Wesley in 2019 (for more information, visit bddwithcucumber.com).

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