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I teach busy agencies how to achieve repeatable project success. Approach Architect. Delivery Coach for Teams. Sounding Board for Leaders. Li: https://linkedin.com/in/harrybailey & W: https://harrybailey.com

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What do clients expect in a Phase 2? 😆 If you're selling a product, they're likely focused on results. But bespoke projects? Different story. - Too much detail? Drowned in the process. - Too little? Hello anxiety. The key is regular involvement & transparency. How do you strike the balance?

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“Should it be a meeting?” We all know they slow progress, use energy & reduce progress. One way to judge is by who it’s for. Who’s requesting? Who needs it? Who benefits? If it’s the delivery team or project, you’re probably good. If not - can it be an email - or a spreadsheet - or a 1-2-1?

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Stand-ups I see in agencies are often messy. They start with a status report. The 3 questions. Then general discussions begin. Attempts to unblock progress or agree things. But status reports can be posts in a chat app, and discussions are best in smaller groups. Better stand-up formats exist.

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Clients don’t sprint well Their full time roles away from your project mean availability is often limited. They can’t test, feedback and approve at the required pace. Gaps between sprints are expensive and clunky. Releases without sign off are a no. We need an asynchronous approach.

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Clients don’t sprint well Their full time roles away from your project mean availability is often limited. They can’t test, feedback and approve at the required pace. Gaps between sprints are expensive and clunky. Releases without sign off are a no. We need an asynchronous approach.

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I just reviewed the draft of a podcast episode I was a guest on a couple of weeks ago. Agile focused. It’s out soon, but for now, I’m just pleased it didn’t include - stray facial hair - running nose - distant stares - stupid answers So it’s likely worth a watch.

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Who are people addressing in your team's standups? Often, it's the leaders in the room. The PMs, the managers, the stakeholders. But regular standups are best used for aligning, not reporting.

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“He who teaches learns” - Qui docet discit I’m an encourager of working in pairs and mobs. “But it’s a massive waste of senior’s time” That really comes down to whether you’re maximising for short term output or long term quality. - learning - removal of silos - culture - problem solving

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It’s more than hate for me. It’s visceral.

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It makes me laugh when LinkedIn frantically slides up the share panel on my phone when I screenshot a post. Like the screenshots are going anywhere other than my bloated photo reel, to rot with the others.

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Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?" Me: "That's the documentation deliverable." Manager: "What's the status of that?" Me: "We're halfway there" Manager: "Why is progress so slow?" Me: "You fired Tommy" Manager: "So?" Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"

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What's your favourite book, article, author related to forming successful teams? ... other than the wonderful @teamtopologies.com of course.

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Using AI for client work is a thorny subject. For me, the focus needs to be on reducing waste and duplication of effort, not on the automation of value creation. Using AI as an assistant and an amplifier, not as a source of truth.

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For many teams, Monday means planning, thinking & focused discussions. Which means caffeine-driven decision making and missing context delays. Weekends are subconcious planning and worrying sessions, instead of subconcious problem solving spaces. Work increments don't have to be Monday to Friday.

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On Sunday’s I usually treat the dog to a long walk. But every few Sundays, the family decide it’s a family walk day. So then me and dog sit waiting for the family to be ready. Often we wait longer than the walk would have taken. We’re not bitter though. Nope.

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“Fascists don't want electric cars and greens don't want fascist cars, so there is no market left for Tesla.” I’m not sure Elmo cares that much to be honest.

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I just followed a whole stack of interesting new people. Yes I would like that chufty-badge please 🥇

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Weekends are better when deadlines are on Tuesdays.

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I’ve never been a massive fan of our national anthem. It focuses on an individual, rather than pride in the country. A head of state, whether they’re popular or not. I bet it gets replaced eventually. Likely after we’re all dead and gone.

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you should, give me 3+ hours a day without interruption.

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Two years ago I started focusing in on how existing Agile frameworks fit with project-led teams. Spoiler: badly. But i now have a pretty solid alternative, which retains all 4 Agile values. The foundation, honestly, is how you start projects.

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I would guess agile adoption at agencies is 90%+ Scrum. Tragic that it’s a frameworks that states 100% implementation of approach is required, and 100% of Scrum doesn’t work for project-led teams.

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