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Late evening or afternoon show talking about Getting to the Next Level and I wanted to expand on the post we made today about the two turtles with the bigger one the coach and the smaller one the coachee. There are lots of ways to look at this. I'm going to gove two: one being knowledge shared and two patience sometimes pays off and don't in such a hurry to mark everything urgent.

I saw something on news media program and a gen Z eprson was complaining that everything was marked urgent. The older news person said the gen z was lazy. But were they really? Or were they just trying to work smarter?

Let's talk turtles for our Tuesday series topic Getting to the Next Level on #5amMesterScrum show 1277

I just realized a subtle characteristic for sprint time box length.  If teams are working to 3 week or longer time boxes that is a good indication of teams working as individuals vs. as a group on a problem that needs to be solved.  There are cases in where maybe there could be lots of testing that would require the longer period yes. However..

Welcome Back post Labor Day Holiday and for me it is triple planning day for My 3rd Sprint in Q3, 1st Week in Sprint 3 and of course today.  This is what I do to get to the next level.  When i don't do it, I do fall behind.  

On today's Getting to the Next Level program for the #5amMesterScrum show 1275.

Welcome to our Podcast version of our Live video show and today Fun Friday we have an idea for a book share before a holiday weekend.  So we are doing a pack opening of Alex Hormozi's new book.  

Plus I found the fortune cookies, so we are also doing Fortune Cookie Friday as well here on the the #5amMesterScrum show episode 1274

Mixing pieces from Sprint Reviews and Retros into discussion at the Sprint Planning session.  Something all Scrum Masters or agile coaches should do.. Make them think a little bit more before blasting off from Sprint Planning.

Our #5amMesterScrum show 1273 as a part of our 4R Thursday - Roles, Reviews, Retros and Requirements programing 

Watch out for social media as well as Metrics and Ranking published before your use them for your own decisions.  The other day I was at a meeting and the leader share a Ranking for the city of Philadelphia and we were at the bottom.  So I was curious as to what the measure was.  I googled the ranking info and its AI brought the study right to the top.  I was impressed and I saw some social media posts recently referencing the same info.  So read the data and most was from 1978 and 1992 study.  I'm like oh no!  The world has changed quite a bit since then.  In my brain I was thinking I hope they did not spend money on a study that just repackaged old data and someone is out there just re-posting without really knowing the data behind the metric.

Be careful of metrics and data that is being shared.

Get better 4x as fast with 4 retros per day.  I was listening to Ed Mylett and he was talking about his shorter days o he actually does 2 days in one.  Morning and afternoon?  Well I kind of do the same but with some twists. 

He talks about a sort of retrospective at the end of his shorter days.  Well I break my days into 4 parts 1) Morning (pre kid leaves for school), 2) Morning, 3) after lunch and 4) post leaving work after 4 or 5pm (depends on the day).  Now why 4 and not two or three, this is because I also add a little Dan Martell thught about energy level and expectations during those days.  Each one is different and can't be really compared to each other.

In this show I talk about the 4x day on the #5amMesterScrum show 1271. On our programing of 4R Thursday - roles, requirements, reviews and retros.

Bad Apples (team members/employees) on the team what do we do fire them?  Let's talk some options as leaders.  #5amMesterScrum show 1270 on our Team and HR Wednesday topic area

Go Under Cover and be a Customer, is my challenge to you on Getting to the Next Level for Tuesday programming on the #5amMesterScrum show 1269.

Just returned from a local chamber meeting and they brought up the local mass transit and our funding issue.  Oh was that a can of worms.

Need ideas for your business than just go be a customer and you will find enough for a year, I bet.

Whether you are a tech team or a little restaurant or coffee shop or mom and pop business.  Doing a sports or hobby t-shirt day is always fun.  It helps the team get to know each other a bit and even entertains people the come into the store.

Bonus for a coffee or local joint, spread the fun by offering a 5% off if people wear a their favorite sports team t-shirt.  Add it to your newsletter.