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Erika Brooks, VP of Marketing at Retrium, talks with Jeremy Shere, founder & CEO of Tribal knowledge Podcasting, about leading with value.Highlights:What "leading with value" meansThe pros and cons of gating contentAlternatives to gate content by asking for email addressesLearn more about RetriumConnect with Erika on LinkedIn

Ron interviews David Horowitz, the founder and CEO of Retrium, about Agile retrospectives and teamwork. Ron and David also discussed their respective experiences in building start-ups. David highlighted some of the differences in the kind of training that you can receive in cybersecurity depending on where you get it (4-year universities, community colleges, and on-the-job). Ron and David also talked about coding.

Good morning, Five Minute Families! This past weekend we hosted a marriage retreat here at Clear View Retreat. Marriage retreats are so restful and rejuvenating. Why does a family camp ministry such as ours spend time hosting marriage retreats? Because a strong, godly marriage is the foundation of a strong, godly family just as we said in the three-part series about marriage we did last year. The great thing about spending time with other couples, whether they are in a norm or storm of life - is that we get to glean new ways of applying God's relationship principles. This weekend one wife shared how she really liked how her husband had begun asking her “Stop. Start. Continue.” questions. I had never heard of that. A quick internet search shows several websites that focus on team building activities, such as one called Retrium. That site describes this communication skill this way: “Start Stop Continue is a simple technique for an action-oriented retrospective meeting.” In a marital relationship, we should never run our conversations like the Board room; however, we want to take this concept that has been researched and used successfully in team building and current business management practices and relate it to the family unit. Communicating with one another is at the heart of all relationships. And, communicating effectively can be hindered by many things. No matter how much we study our spouse in order to deepen our relationship, we cannot read their minds. We might get pretty good at reading their nonverbal communication and thus it seems we are good at reading their minds, but it just isn't actually possible. We are not God. One way for a couple to simplify communication when there are many distractions around is to adopt the “Stop. Start. Continue.” method of giving and receiving feedback. Of course, please remember this great biblical principle from Colossians 4:6 before you just simply let your feedback fly: “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.” So, onto the particulars of “Stop. Start. Continue.” Stop Ask your loved one, “In our relationship, what would you like me to stop doing?” Make sure that you each understand if the action being stopped is to be temporary or permanent. If you are confused by your loved one's answer, it is ok to ask further questions as to why or how. Make sure, however, that you do not get offended or that if you begin to feel offended, you ask for either clarification or a break from the conversation to pray about the hurt. We are not to lie to one another, so if your family member is asking you to stop something, you need to be open to receiving their honest answer.   Start Next, ask your spouse, “What would you like me to start doing?” Proverbs 25:11 tells us that “[a] word spoken at the right time is like gold apples in silver settings.” When your spouse asks, take this opportunity, this “right time” to be transparent about something you would like your spouse to do for you. Continue Now, ask your spouse, “What would you like me to continue doing?” Applying Proverbs 16:23: “The heart of a wise person instructs his mouth; it adds learning to his speech.” we see that we have a chance to build up and give encouragement to our spouse when they have been doing something well.   Two great “But God” truths that should be foundational in all of our relationships that join well with the three points of the “Stop. Start. Continue.” technique are:  1.    We must think well of our spouse because God is in them. When two people are walking with the Lord, indwelled with the Holly Spirit, truly, the best in them is God. So, as you look on your loved one, remember that you are looking upon one of God's children. 2.    And, remember to think well of yourself. We are often toughest on ourselves, but God lives in us as Christ-followers and while we may need...

Can transparency work against productivity? A research study at Harvard shows how it can. Listen to this episode to earn insights from this study to create a conducive environment for healthy transparency and thriving Agile teams. You can read this episode on my Serious Scrum blog post on Medium here. Want to discuss this episode in a live webinar? Click here and register to join the author, Todd Lankford, to discuss transparency's surprising effect on productivity. Todd will be presenting in a live webinar and Q&A on April 29th, 2021 at 11:30 am EST, hosted by the great folks at Retrium. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Troy Henikoff is a Managing director of the venture capital firm, MATH Venture Partners and also a board member of many organizations such as JioBit, Retrium, EatStreet, CardFlight, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, and has also been a founder, founding member, or CEO of several notable companies such as SurePayroll, Onewed.com, Jellyvision and many others Tune into today's episode to be a part of this entrepreneur turned VC life and experience.

This is part 3 of a multi-part Retrospectives Masterclass with David Horowitz, the CEO of Retrium. A new episode of the Agile Retrospectives Masterclass will be published here every month. Learn more about Better Retrospectives with David Horowitz by accessing the FREE Retrospective’s Academy by Retrium: http://bit.ly/retromasterclass   About David Horowitz David Horowitz is the CEO of Retrium, a platform for agile retrospectives that has powered over 100,000 retrospectives from thousands of companies across the world. Prior to co-founding Retrium, David spent a decade at The World Bank as an engineer turned Agile coach. He has degrees in Computer Science and Economics from The University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Technology Management from The Wharton School of Business. Learn more about Better Retrospectives with David Horowitz by accessing the FREE Retrospective’s Academy by Retrium: http://bit.ly/retromasterclass You can link with David Horowitz on LinkedIn and connect with David Horowitz on Twitter.

This is part 2 of a multi-part Retrospectives Masterclass with David Horowitz, the CEO of Retrium. A new episode of the Agile Retrospectives Masterclass will be published here every month. Learn more about Better Retrospectives with David Horowitz by accessing the FREE Retrospective’s Academy by Retrium: http://bit.ly/retromasterclass   About David Horowitz David Horowitz is the CEO of Retrium, a platform for agile retrospectives that has powered over 100,000 retrospectives from thousands of companies across the world. Prior to co-founding Retrium, David spent a decade at The World Bank as an engineer turned Agile coach. He has degrees in Computer Science and Economics from The University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Technology Management from The Wharton School of Business. Learn more about Better Retrospectives with David Horowitz by accessing the FREE Retrospective’s Academy by Retrium: http://bit.ly/retromasterclass You can link with David Horowitz on LinkedIn and connect with David Horowitz on Twitter. 

This is part 1 of a multi-part Retrospectives Masterclass with David Horowitz, the CEO of Retrium. A new episode of the Agile Retrospectives Masterclass will be published here every month. Learn more about Better Retrospectives with David Horowitz by accessing the FREE Retrospective’s Academy by Retrium.    About David Horowitz David Horowitz is the CEO of Retrium, a platform for agile retrospectives that has powered over 100,000 retrospectives from thousands of companies across the world. Prior to co-founding Retrium, David spent a decade at The World Bank as an engineer turned Agile coach. He has degrees in Computer Science and Economics from The University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Technology Management from The Wharton School of Business. Learn more about Better Retrospectives with David Horowitz by accessing the FREE Retrospective’s Academy by Retrium.  You can link with David Horowitz on LinkedIn and connect with David Horowitz on Twitter. 

Helene interviews Pilar Orti from Virtual not Distant, creator and co-host of this IAF E&W podcast, Facilitator and trainer specialising in online collaborative processes, podcaster, author and voiceover artist (she is the voice of Xuli on the Go Jetters).  Pilar starts by recounting her facilitation journey which started with the theatre company that she ran for 10 years. She went to a conference where Toby Wiltshire (from the Trestle mask company) was talking about using theatre in corporate training. This eventually led her to do her first away day using theatre exercises as a facilitation tool. She eventually moved away from this, finding it hard to describe what she did and getting people to take the “drama” seriously and understand what it was really about. She describes how she started to look more into organisational behaviour theory and find out how she could run workshops on leadership and change. She started to work on-line as she was travelling a lot, initially running some webinars which she loved. She discovered a gap when talking about leadership in the virtual space. She talks about how if you have facilitation skills it is easy to transfer this on-line, it is just about changing medium and mindset. As her specialism is training managers of remote teams and helping teams communicate online her focus is about helping them learn about tools to communicate with each other in non- real time (rather than running online facilitated sessions). The tools she spends a lot of time working with are asynchronous tools for clients, rather than tools for online facilitation where she prefers to keep it simple (and talks about capturing ideas with Linoit and Google docs). She draws on her background in theatre to think about what can be done with an empty space, rather than necessarily relying on too many tools. She talks about the legacy of the way online meetings have been run in the past and how there is a feeling of the need to be entertaining people and the difference between entertaining people and engaging them. Pilar reminds us that collaboration doesn’t only happen in real time and that it is important to remember asynchronous communication too. Different teams will have preferences as to how much they communicate in real time and non- real time and this is an element to consider. She also reminds us that a lot of communication is text based but asynchronous audio or video is another option. As a starting point facilitators could acknowledge that there two modes (asynchronous and synchronous working), know where they can add most value and what they are most comfortable with. Embracing an asynchronous way of communicating will help facilitators to have more of a conversation with the client before the meeting or workshop and get closer to the participants before the event. Pilar describes and example of collaborative consultancy helping a small company of coaches and how she helped them set up asynchronous ways of communicating and create an ecosystem. This started with a real time meeting and involved a lot of role modelling. She used Retrium as a wrap up retrospective tool. Helene ends the conversation by asking Pilar about her role as the voice of Xuli in Gojetters and finds out that there is a link to facilitation there too. You can contact Pilar at Virtual not Distant or on Twitter on @pilarorti and Helene @helenejewell Let us know you're listening! Twitter: @IAFEnglandWales; @Fac_stories use #iafpodcast Get in touch via email podcast@iaf-englandwales.org Send us some text, or even an mp3 audio https://www.iaf-world.org/site/chapters/england-wales

Learn more about Better Retrospectives with David Horowitz by accessing the FREE Retrospective’s Academy by Retrium.    About David Horowitz David Horowitz is the CEO of Retrium, a platform for agile retrospectives that has powered over 100,000 retrospectives from thousands of companies across the world. Prior to co-founding Retrium, David spent a decade at The World Bank as an engineer turned Agile coach. He has degrees in Computer Science and Economics from The University of Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Technology Management from The Wharton School of Business. Learn more about Better Retrospectives with David Horowitz by accessing the FREE Retrospective’s Academy by Retrium.  You can link with David Horowitz on LinkedIn and connect with David Horowitz on Twitter.

This week, Dan Neumann is joined by David Horowitz, the co-founder and CEO of Retrium! Retrium is an incredible tool that’s all about helping teams have engaging retrospectives that fuel continuous improvement. It enables Agile teams to have more effective conversations, discover new insights, and generate action plans by providing a toolbox of activities, a guided facilitation process, and a space to organize your retrospective documentation in one place.   And speaking of retrospectives, today’s episode is going to be a retrospective deep-dive! Dan and David will be addressing some of the common misunderstandings and misconceptions around retrospectives, why you should hold retrospectives in the first place, some of the common anti-patterns with retrospectives (and how to combat them), and most importantly, how to have much more effective, engaging retrospectives!   Key Takeaways What is the goal of a retrospective? To achieve actionable team learning It’s not just about improving productivity; it’s about getting the team to learn something and try something new (that, in turn, may lead to improvement) They’re not limited to Scrum or Agile (or really any team working together on anything using any process) Anti-patterns of retrospectives: Retrospective disillusionment (where someone has the sense that retrospectives are a waste of time and don’t want to show up to them) Lack of follow-through (if every retrospective led to actionable team learning that eventually led to productivity gains, people would show up and be engaged) Not being cautious of who you invite to the retrospective because if you can’t get the right people in the room, how are you going to retrospect effectively? (It is crucial to think through who you invite based on the circumstances that you’re facing) How to improve your retrospectives: Make sure who you invite is an opt-in that the whole team, through consensus, agrees on bringing in (if you don’t, you’re throwing psychological safety out the window) You can have multiple retrospectives and it doesn’t have to be at the end of the sprint — do what’s best for your team in any given situation Some people may speak too much at the exclusion of others — you can use various ways to level the playing field (one way is to ask everyone to write down their ideas on sticky notes or through ‘dot voting’) Some people feel more comfortable talking 1:1 so you could use something akin to ‘1-2-4-All’ before talking in a group Generally varying the way the conversation takes place is a good way of ensuring everyone has a chance to speak up Having a solid background in meeting facilitation is incredibly beneficial to the success of your retrospective Using open-ended questions (such as, “Does anyone have anything else to say about this?” and counting to ten) can be very helpful for giving everyone a chance to speak The Scrum Master does not have to facilitate the sprint retrospective If you’re facing low-engagement in your retrospectives you can increase empathy by opening up the meeting to others who might want to experience how difficult facilitation really is (it also gives you the chance to experience participating) It can be good practice to reach outside of the scrum team for someone who is a neutral party Ten surface-level conversations are not as effective as having a single deep-level conversation on a single impediment Narrow the scope down to the most minimal amount of impediments possible until you’ve proven that you can do more There are some great facilitation techniques to find the root cause analysis such as the ‘5 Whys’ and ‘Fishbone’ Create space for diverging before converging on a potential solution Rank your action items to get a list of prioritization of which one your team should try/focus on first (you can use the ICE Framework for this) Follow the energy of the team to understand what the team wants to focus on (if no one wants to work on it, it won’t happen) Uplevel the impediments your team is experiencing that it can’t solve Have information radiators in place Ask your team: ‘What, out of everything we just discussed, should we talk about intentionally, frequently, with everybody in the organization, as often as we possibly can?’   Mentioned in this Episode: David HorowitzDavid’s Twitter: @DS_Horowitz David’s Email: David@Retrium.com Retrium Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, by Diana Larsen and Esther Derby The Retrospectives Academy by Retrium Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews, by Norman L. Kerth Dot Voting 1-2-4-All Liberating StructuresRoot Cause Analysis The 5 Whys Fishbone ICE Prioritization Framework Badass: Making Users Awesome, by Kathy Sierra   Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!

In this special edition of the podcast, made in conjunction with Retrium and the Agile Alliance, we brought together a panel of remote working experts to explore and share experiences around what teams and individuals can do to cope and be effective in the environment where so many people are suddenly forced to work from home and collaborate remotely. The panel consisted of: • David Horowitz • Mark Kilby • Lisette Sutherland • Judy Rees • Steve McCann • Charles Humble • Shane Hastie The full video recording of the webinar can be found here: https://bit.ly/2wniFjL. • Huge numbers of people around the globe are suddenly having to work remotely and figure out how to cope in these turbulent times • Part of what makes this environment so stressful for many of us is the fact that life feels out of our control • One way to gain back some semblance of control is to come up with 15% solutions, small actions that you can take immediately • Remote work can be effective and efficient provided people are supported properly • When meeting remotely the experience is far more effective for everybody when you have video cameras on • Working agreements with your teams and with your family about how we will support each other to work remotely are important • Taking care of yourself and your family is more important than being busy with work More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2UfYA85 You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2UfYA85

Wie gut passen verteilte Teams und Agilität zusammen? Diese Frage ist eigentlich ganz leicht zu beantworten: es passt leider nicht sehr gut zusammen! Verteilte Teams bringen einfach sehr viele Nachteile. Die Arbeit in verteilten Teams bedeutet, dass beispielsweise manche Kollegen im Homeoffice arbeiten oder manche im Büro und sich nicht alle zusammen an einem Ort befinden. Das führt zur bekannten Grüppchenbildung und verbessert die Arbeit im Team nicht unbedingt. Sollte sich die Zusammenarbeit allerdings nicht anders vereinbaren lassen, versucht zumindest in einer ähnlichen Zeitzone zusammenzuarbeiten. Anbei findest du einige hilfreiche Tipps für eine Zusammenarbeit in verteilten Teams. Toolgestütztes, agiles Arbeiten in verteilten Teams Wenn du trotzdem agil mit deinem verteilten Team arbeiten musst, kannst du das natürlich mit verschiedenen Tools unterstützen. Hierfür bietet sich das Bilden von Pärchen sehr gut an, um mit analogen Boards zu arbeiten. Die genaue Erklärung findest du in der ganzen Episode. Analoge Boards sind immer das besser Tool. Solltest du mit Online-Tools arbeiten, empfehle ich dir sehr es so zu konfigurieren, dass es sich wie ein analoges Tool anfühlt. Persönliche Treffen sind auch in verteilten Teams sehr wichtig Sorge für regelmäßige Treffen (mindestens alle 8 – 12 Wochen) der Teams an verschiedenen Orten, dass das Team zusammenwachsen kann. Am besten druckt ihr alles aus, was ihr bearbeiten wollt, anstatt nur gemeinsam auf den Beamer oder den Laptop zu schauen. Führe Retrospektiven durch Retrospektiven sind auch in verteilten Teams sehr wichtig. Entsprechende Tools bieten sich hierfür perfekt an und ich kann dir das Tool „Retrium“ sehr empfehlen. Sorge für 100 % Teamzugehörigkeit  Alle Kollegen sollten zu 100 % im Team mitarbeiten und nicht noch mit anderen Projekten beschäftigt sein. Nur so wird eine optimale und zielführende Zusammenarbeit gewährleistet. Nutze zuverlässige Videokonferenz-Tools Gerade in verteilten Teams ist es von Vorteil, sich während einer Videokonferenz sehen zu können. Sorge daher für eine zuverlässige Ausstattung für eure Team-Meetings. Retrium Hier noch die Info zu Retrium, die ich von Niki Kohari bekommen habe:Thanks for sharing information about Retrium to your listeners. Over the last year or so, we've lowered the cost of Retrium, streamlined the upgrade process, and removed discounting from our Team Edition product. This means there's no easy coupon code that people can use when they upgrade to get a discount on our service.We can give people extra time on a free trial from 30 days to 60 days, but they'd need to reach out to us at help@retrium.com for a trial extension and mention the episode.We can also give 10% off for Enterprise Edition, which starts at a 5 team commitment. The cost of Enterprise starts at $3,540 for 5 team rooms for an annual contract, so this a good fit for larger organizations.

In this episode we talk to Chris Hefley, the founder and former CEO of LeanKit and currently the Chief Revenue Officer at Retrium. Click here to connect with this guest on LinkedIn.

DAVID HOROWITZ is the founder and CEO of Retrium, which provides software for facilitating remote retrospectives. David considers continuous improvement the most critical aspect of a highly effective software team is. Since retrospectives are usually conducted in person using flip charts and sticky notes, he saw a need to replicate this functionality for remote teams – which led to Retrium. For more stories, visit www.CollaborationSuperpower.com. 

A shorter number of longer sections for today, including an extended featured interview looking at some of the difficulties behind the kind of working we love best. Don't forget to tell us what YOU love best, by tweeting @VirtualTeamW0rk, or visiting virtualnotdistant.com.  04.28 The Voice Behind The Blog : Gant Laborde Today’s “voice” is Gant Laborde, author of an article entitled  5 Things that Suck about Remote Work - The Pitfalls of Remote Work + Proposed Solutions https://shift.infinite.red/5-things-that-suck-about-remote-work-506b98dd38f9 We often celebrate all that we love about remote and flexible working, but it’s important to reflect on the challenges. Some of them come from other people and their attitudes and expectations…  and their lack of respect for your boundaries, especially when you’re first transitioning and figuring things out. Gant has some good suggestions for tackling this, and for talking about how you work to those who don’t get it. Other challenges come from ‘office only’ things you might miss out on, because everyone else’s grass is greener sometimes. Our interview discusses some ways of bringing the sociability of working life back into remote working, and dealing with temporal disconnects – which don’t only come from being in different time-zones, but have cultural and lifestyle roots as well, and bring additional challenges to internal and external meetings. An ‘open source’ mindset, with an eye on the future and evergreen value, really helps in making effective communications – and the extra effort of this additional thinking and planning adds compounded value down the line.  The same goes for using tools smartly, combining different modes of communication, and mixing up synchronous and asynchronous messaging… But we need to remember that written words can be misinterpreted when removed from their non-verbal context. Humour can be misjudged… and what is that silence supposed to mean..? Try an emoji or two, to put that emotion back in, and close the loop. And don’t forget to find ways to celebrate the ‘wins’ as well  - large and the small. Every remote team needs to think about this, create the right channels and opportunities –you can’t leave it to chance (as we keep saying). There’s an interesting backstory to the branding of Gant’s business and blog too; enjoy the interview. http://gantlaborde.com/ @gantlaborde https://infinite.red/   39.25 Recommended Tool: Retrium retrium.com A tool for retrospectives or review sessions, Retrium is also useful for idea generation – we talked to one of the co-founders of Retrium back in episode 129: https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/retrium-distributed-business. Pilar uses it in retro-style meetings, as it’s purpose-built to take you through the phases – starting with individual idea generation, (with others ideas masked), then ‘big reveal’, where you see everyone else’s contributions and start to collaborate together.   43.14 Wellbeing: Communications addiction Alerts and notifications are cleverly designed to feed our deep psychological needs - we all crave that little rush of dopamine when someone ‘likes’ your content or sends you a message.  It’s creeping from the social space into the workplace though, and we need to be aware of its addictive potential. Remember you can control your notifications, rather than having them control you. Have a listen to: ReWork podcast https://rework.fm/dont-like-this/ , and also our own blog post https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/blog/notifications-settings.  And to think people worry about lack of social contact, when they transition to remote!  

A retrospective is an opportunity for us as a team, as an organization, to ask ourselves what are we doing well, what are we not doing well, and how can we improve going forward. A retrospective is the catalyst for the continuous improvement that Agile promises. David Horowitz is a co-founder and CEO of Retrium, the world’s first and only enterprise-ready platform for Agile retrospectives. David shared these tips (and more) for having successful retrospectives:- When should or shouldn't the manager be included- Why “What happens in the retrospective should stay in the retrospective” might not be the most effective approach- How to drive engagement during retrospectives- Why you shouldn’t only think about running a retrospective at the end of the Sprint- Why minimizing scope is powerful To receive real-time updates: Podcast library: www.agileamped.com Subscribe to our newsletter: www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Connect on Twitter: twitter.com/AgileAmpedFollow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/agileamped

In this series, we investigate the big why behind remote team retreats. There are countless teams across the globe that consider in-person retreats a vital tool in making the everyday work life harmony possible!In this episode, CEO & Cofounder, David Horowitz and VP of Marketing, Erika Brooks share why Retrium values their annual company retreats. David lives in Washington, DC and founded Retrium in March of 2015. Erika joined Retrium in March of 2017, less than a month before their most recent retreat and works as Retrium's VP of Marketing. Retrium is the king of fun agile retrospectives for distributed teams. The Retrium team operates with integrity, empathy, and humility. Retrium values trust and respect, enjoying life, and encourages their employees to be themselves!

In this episode Pilar talks to David Horowitz, co-founder and CEO of Retrium about why he created a tool to guide teams through retrospectives and how he’s growing a distributed business. How we fall in and out of love with tools. The origins of Retrium. Pre-build facilitation techniques in a package. https://www.retrium.com/ (If you would like some inspiration on running retrospectives or review meetings, check out episode 19 of this podcast. https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/podcasts/retrospectives) From idea to finding a co-finder and building a business. Recruiting in a distributed team. Finding the right people for a remote team. What helps people gather as an online community? What helps a person create connections in a community? Do people need to be good at “being remote”? What can you tell if a person is a good match for your distributed company? Retrium’s latest hires and the role that social media can play. The importance of culture in remote teams and distributed businesses. (Yes, it does play a role, it is still important!) Emergence of culture and defining culture. Let’s talk about Retrium! How has the product developed and how has the initial vision changed and remained the same? How do you decide which facilitation tool you incorporate? From team improvement to organisational / across-teams improvement. How do you use a facilitation technique in a way that can lead to change? The four different types of retrospectives in Retrium. Retrium is also being used by all kinds of companies, not just within Agile. How Retrium uses Retrium. The Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjKivZc6adZJgYbj2KJTFbg https://www.retrium.com/ The ebook “Become a Retrospective Rockstar” https://www.retrium.com/ebook/become-a-retrospective-rockstar

CEO and co-founder of Retrium David Horowitz left his gig as an Agile coach to focus on a growing problem: retrospective fails. David says, "If you ask me, 'How would you describe Agile in just two words?' it would be, 'Continuous Improvement.'" Retrospectives are the vehicle for continuous improvement. Yet across the industry, David sees many teams who treat retrospectives like a chore or a checklist item--or, even worse, they skip the retrospective altogether. It gets even worse if the teams are distributed. David decided to quit being an Agile coach and founded Retrium, whose SaaS product makes retrospectives much more effective and engaging. The biggest pitfall in retrospectives, in David's opinion: "lack of follow-through." As for pitfalls during live retrospective, the lack of a level playing field may keep teams from getting value. Seniority, personality and physical location can all contribute to--or detract from--a participant's ability to actively participate and gain value. In other words, just because someone is junior, introverted and/or remote doesn't mean they don't want to contribute to the team's growth.  David also touches on the Retrospective Facilitators Gathering, which he participates in. Mandy Ross from Sococo, SolutionsIQ partner, hosts at Agile2016 in Atlanta, GA. About Agile Amped The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thoughtleaders, Agile Amped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter  Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

He's the creator of Retrium retrospective software for making project reviews more effective for remotely-based teams. How to make your colleagues look good; how NOT to collaborate well online; the importance of knowing your colleagues and how they work.

David Horowitz is the CEO and Founder of Retrium, new software for facilitating remote retrospectives. We discuss the importance of informal networks, random interactions and silliness, and abolishing the postmortem. For more stories, visit CollaborationSuperpowers.com.