My colleague Dana Pylayeva has created something really interesting in the agile community. One of her research interests is fear in the workplace. Not in some academic fashion, but in how it shows up, that is what are the types and personas of fear in the workplace?
Dana enjoys creating interactive experiences, so she developed a series of cards (a game) that can help a team surface the various fears they may be experiencing. And, once they (the fears) see the light of day, the team can then discuss how they wish to deal with them.
Here’s some additional information on Fear in the Workplace (FITW):
Podcast where Dana discusses FITW - https://www.solutionsiq.com/resource/agile-amped-podcast/dealing-with-fear-in-the-work-place/
Short video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRVX8coJqpQ
Where to purchase the game - https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/fear-in-the-workplace
Estimation FEAR Cards
In the November 2019 Kazi stream, Josh and I talked about teams often pushing back on estimating and some of the root causes. It seems like estimation is one of the hardest things for agile teams to get right (be balanced, feel comfortable with, do effortlessly).
