Gareth Lees-West
Thoughts on continuous improvement & product development
- What do you celebrate? Are you really done?January 2024 Going back a few years I remember starting work at a Melbourne based company, on m...
- April 2023- 4 myki cards & design thinking mindsetApril 2023- 4 myki cards & design thinking mindset alt text I have now discovered I own a further 4 myki cards, so total is actually 8. Myki...
- March 2023: What can we learn from a 2 minute TikTok videoLast week I ran a training session I had put together over a couple of weeks. In trai...
- January 2023: This was not written by ChatGTP.January 2023, short thoughts. I've had somewhat of a lull in my blog writing of late. Over the...
- Why are we doing this? Everything as an experiment.April 2022. Following on from a previous post about feedback loops and learning https://col...
- Uncovering better ways- not just story pointsA few weeks back my colleague Dan Prager posted a question on LinkedIn to get some thoughts on tea...
- A learning organisation?The term "learning organisation", it's often one of the attributes used to describe organisations who have or are look...
- When are we done?Tea and toast. At university I shared a flat with 3 other people, one was Paul. Paul was quite different to me. He liked ...
- Story points.. if you mustTo be up front, I haven't introduced or taught a team about story points for around 4 years, I like to help te...
- Aligning as a team with a team working agreement.What’s a team working agreement? A team working agreement is a lightweight document, formed an...
- Gratitude /kudos boardThis activity is a simple quick way to bring a sense of connection through gratitude. This can be used to acknowledge ind...
- fun remote activity- collaborative drawingThis activity is intended to get people quickly working together with a set goal with a focus on fun...
- Those three questionsSomething I've heard a lot from working in environments using the Scrum framework is an observation comment around the dai...
- remote workshop facilitation prep for miroGiven the current pandemic situation there`s understandably a lot of great information available on r...
- better-purpose-better outcomesWould you feel motivated if you didn`t know the purpose of your work? Despite what feels like an obsess...
- don't just do itdon't just do it Hi, Welcome to don't just do it. This is a blog focussing on practical ways to improve ways of working. I am a product and ...