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Linda Rising: Prejudices Can Alter Team Work

Posted by Christophe on November 14, 2008

In this interview filmed during Agile 2008, following the presentation “Who Do You Trust?”, Linda Rising shows how prejudices can affect the relationships between team members. According to Linda, we all have a tendency to categorize others based on characteristics like race, religion, sex, but also based on more trivial characteristics, and many times we are not even aware we are doing it.

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Beware of the Obvious

Posted by Christophe on July 31, 2008

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We invited our whole sales team to participate to our sprint demo showcasing work done for them.
Barely anyone showed up.

Why?

Because they thougth it was a demo about cell phones (Sprint PCS). Duh!

Beware of the obvious – interact and validate everyone is on the same page.

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