When was the last time you really listened to another person with your full attention? No interruptions, no distractions, no rehearsing what you’re going to say next. Every day we tell ourselves stories about what’s happening: we try to explain how things work, and our opinions and choices are shaped by the environment in which …
Introducing tech tools to an online group
Making your work visible is a central tenet of Agile projects. Sharing your work - showing your work to others, at all stages of the project - invites constructive input and active collaboration. It builds trust and stimulates new ideas. For the Friday Retro program we use a Google Jamboard to share individual retronauts' answers …
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Adapting the Agile retro model
You may already be familiar with Agile methodology, which is where the ‘retro’ or ‘retrospective’ format comes from. In an Agile project team you would normally meet at the end of a sprint – a specific piece of work – to review the team’s performance and progress. But our Friday Retro program doesn't quite fit …
Getting to know you, remotely
In designing the Friday Retro program, we wanted to encourage our retronauts to make meaningful connections with each other. That's a really big ask in a group of 10 or more strangers. We're using two tactics to foster those meaningful connections. First, we invite people to turn up 10 minutes early for each retro session. …
Friday Retro kicks off
A few weeks ago I posted a crazy idea - what if we could run an Agile-style retrospective ('retro') meeting for a group of strangers from many different workplaces? Could it work? Would it help people to navigate this period of upheaval? Today Sally Newton and I hosted the first Friday Retro for members of …
Clarity and focus in 30 minutes per fortnight
Good news for friends and colleagues in the tertiary education sector - Triangle Consulting and the Association for Tertiary Education Management are offering the Friday Retro program free for ATEM members. Starting on Friday 15 May, this get-together will run fortnightly until the end of November 2020. Our 13 April blog post describes the concept …
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Designing a new kind of retro meeting
When everything is changing around you, every demand on your time and energy seems both urgent and important. Breaking that insta-response cycle, finding time for reflection and clarity, can be difficult. Talking to friends and colleagues recently, Sally and I have learned that many newly-distributed teams are not yet ready to provide this kind of …
Going online, ready or not
Suddenly it seems that everybody’s doing it: moving their training programs, workshops, meetings, seminars and services – even whole conferences – online. Although the tools have been available for years, many sole traders, small businesses, NFPs, trainers and consultants have not yet adopted this 21st century way of working. Not because they’re unwilling or unable …
How to build your podcast audience
In February 2020 your carefully crafted podcast was just one amongst 850,000 active podcasts available globally. More than 1.6 million Australians download an audio or video podcast each month, and that number is rising. So how does your podcast find and build its audience? On this page: Podcast directories Raise your search profile Your own …
This ebook is rated PG
When you practise the habits of Working Out Loud, you learn to recognise exciting opportunities when they appear in your day-to-day work. Twelve months ago, Triangle Consulting undertook an environment scan of Open Access publishing initiatives at universities in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada and the USA. While researching this topic we interviewed a senior …
