Helen G.’s Post

The other day, I was asked in an interview, "In your CV, you mention that you nurture a culture of having fun. Tell us more about that." I'm not talking about forced fun, that's annoying. What I am a big fan of is having a sense of humour at work and having fun. I came from a mindset 16 years ago that, as a project manager, I had to be serious, "get people" to get sh!t done, and take it seriously. A few years in, I realised that just didn't work. Four or five years later, I turned over a new leaf. I experimented with "Having fun and getting stuff done," and that's my motto today. 👇 Reduces stress and ☝ increases productivity. That's right. The teams that I work with today enjoy having a laugh and getting serious, delivering value. They can talk about tough things and learn through having fun. Take on the challenge as I did 15~ years ago. The Economist teams may remember this 👇 ...

🏏 😱 👩🏫 😎🏏 This short article about how my inability to play #cricket has reminded me about the fear of change and how we can use CRICKET to nurture our teams, process and culture change. I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments! #teamwork #collaboration #learningfromsport #sport #values #agile #scrum #kanban #scrumban #contiuouslearning #coaching #coach

The countdown has started folks! 71 HOURS until Heather Cowap, MS, MEd, RSM joins Ines Garcia and I at the Virtual Agile Meetup. If you are curious about how an agile mindset can enrich our schools join us at 6pm on Thursday with Heather!

🌎 #Earthday I want to give a shout-out today to Maryse Meinen Ines Garcia Colleen K. & Katarina Podboj for their #action and #leadership in the Coalition of the Willing to leave the planet better than how they found it. As part of this, they have developed a hugely interesting, explorative four-week programme that helps you put the theory into practice and then ... well practice ... every week! It's great to have a course that allows participants to try as they learn and share and get feedback from experts and learners! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/evuTDSjU So if you : 🌍 work as an agile professional 🌍 want to help your company develop sustainable products, to thrive over die 🌍 have a passion for #systemsthinking 🌍 have a passion for people, the #planet and the #product 🌍 are fed up with the same old training that theorizes 🌍 want to be a #Sustainable #Agile Practitioner 🌍 want to #thinkdifferently Then June is the second cohort. Join the tribe that cares about the planet as well as the product. Ultimate, that's where we are heading! Here are a few shots of my journey. https://lnkd.in/evuTDSjU

How do you describe agility when speaking to teams and organisations that want deliver value faster to customers?? Improve employee satisfaction and connect purpose with work? ME? I talk about cats... https://lnkd.in/eNvQsr3B

Ever thought that an agile mindset and supporting frameworks could be used in education? Well, Heather Cowap, MS, MEd, RSM has, and the show is rolling this out to help our future #thinkdifferently! I am really excited to hear about the work that she is doing because, quite frankly, we are the most complex products of all! Join us! 🗓️ 25th April 2024 @ 1800 UK Time 🔗 https://lnkd.in/enfQSX3F If you are a teacher, a parent, agile enthusiast or oppose! We welcome you to come and hear more about thinking differently and how we can start to change by learning to embrace a flexible mindset and continuous growth!

I am often inspired by nature and nature's resilience to breaking through the toughest environments. When travelling to Iceland* almost 10 years ago on a Golden Circle Day Tour, we learnt that Iceland is covered in moss, hundreds, if not thousands, of different varieties. A sea of colours, it is beautiful! #fact: Moss is the first thing to grow on volcanic or lava rock. It's porous and helps to keep the humidity levels high. We are part of nature, and we can break through the toughest of situations too! Food for thought today is: Just like this moss, how can you thrive in depleted areas of your organisation to help you and your colleagues get their spark back for the products you build or services you provide? *What a place! Definitely on my return list!

Epic failure over the Easter Weekend. What did I learn? 👕 Old unhelpful habits are hard to change but worth their weight in gold in doing so. 👕 We all make mistakes, however old, so be forgiving when others do. 👕 The silliest of mistakes we learn the most from

Check out my new, easy-to-navigate talks page. After some enquiries from podcasts and events, I have put this "four-pager" together to share some of the topics that are my mission to change in the agile, coaching, and sustainability world! If any call your attention and are interested in hearing more, reach out!

A short article on the benefits of knowing your values and building values as a team helps you; 1. Communicate clearly and concisely 2. Make swifter decisions 3. Builds working agreements 4. Hold boundaries 5. Builds confidence in yourself and your colleagues What's important to you? How do you live by your values and hold your boundaries?