Craig Dial

Escaping Room 12A

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Still from the Monty Python sketch "Argument Clinic" featuring Michael Palin and John Cleese having an argument while seated across from each other at a desk.

Room 12A As a new ScrumMaster, I spent more time than I’d like to acknowledge stuck in room 12A, having the Monty Python argument sketch about what is and isn’t Scrum. “No it isn’t!” “Yes it is!” “No it isn’t!” (Do an online search for “Monty Python Argument Clinic sketch” if you’ve no idea what … Read more

Escaping Limiting Beliefs

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Stacks of coins with green plant shoots coming from them, in increasing height

You make decisions every day. Those decisions are based on your values and beliefs, some that are actively part of your thinking and some that lurk in your subconscious, waiting for a trigger to come out and try to seize control. Many of those subconscious beliefs were built on painful experiences, and keep you from … Read more

Sustainable

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An orchid in bloom

Agile is an orchid. “I read this article that shows that orchids are like a super flower, if you plant orchids, then all your plants grow twice as fast in half the time.” So spoke the CGO (Chief Garden Officer). Thus commenced a search for the best orchid. At least, that could be found for … Read more

Sounds of Coping

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A log lean-to in the deep forest, as a metaphor for the sense of security brought by coping.

What Coping Sounds Like Those and countless phrases like them are ways that we express choosing to cope. We adopt the notion that the problem is “out there” or “in here” and that it’s beyond our ability to do anything about other than live with it. Let’s look at each of these “Can you believe … Read more