Tag: communication
Agile transitions: how communication can make them, or break them.
We all communicate and we all know it’s important. And culture is important. So important, in fact, that without the right one a company runs the risk of not achieving any of its goals. One of Larman's Laws of Organisation Behaviour also painfully shows the importance of culture and how difficult it is to nurture: Culture follows structure. Or, Culture/behavior/mindset follows system & organizational design. The way communication...
The zone of harmony: The Axen rose part 3
If you don't know yet what the axen rose is, please first take a quick look at part 1 and part 2 of this blog series. This way you already know the basics that I will elaborate on in this post. So next to the zone of conflict (hawk - capricorn) and the zone of removal (owl - turtle) we have a third zone out of which...
Different communication styles: The Axen rose – part 2
If you don't know yet what the axen rose is, please first take a quick look at part 1 of this blog series. This way you already know the basics that I will elaborate on in this post. Given the horizontal and vertical zones that were explained in the previous post, we can start identifying the different areas in more detail. Something that was added...
A different view on communication: The Axen rose – part 1
During the lean coffee session last week at the European Testing conference, we were talking about the most important impediment for testers to get their work done. Most of which was the most important soft skill to have. The group agreed that the most basic of soft skills was communication. But we found it hard to really grasp what this actually means. What is communication and...