From Average to Exceptional: The Journey of One Development Team to Increase Productivity and Business Outcomes

This is the story of an average, low-performing software development team that wasn’t even aware they had fallen into the rut of the daily grind, faced a huge backlog of deliverables and hadn’t released any new software to production for more than six months. Yet with the application of behavioral science techniques, and even a game on a wintery Friday afternoon, they learned that changing their behavior would be their “trump card”. But behavior changes are not without their own challenges. With their team lead, they apply their newly honed soft skills and see extraordinary results.

HR, Culture, DevOps, Technical LeadershipBart den HaakMarch 14, 2023Leadership, TDD, Behaviour

Organisational Culture Shock - Introducing OKRs

So, you have recently heard about this new management goal-setting method called OKRs and you are really eager to implement them within your organization. If Google and all of the other big tech giants are using them, then they need to be good right? So, what do you do next?

Technical Leadership, CultureBart den HaakOctober 30, 2019OKRs, Culture