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My favourite apology and gratitude booster

January 23, 2021October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore apology, gratitude, mindfulness, obliviousness, politeness

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*The elephants in the room (posts) Miscellaneous Second season Series Texts in English 

The elephant in the hiring manager room

March 9, 2020October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore Agile Coach, gender bias, Hiring Manager, Recruiters, Scrum Master, Talent Acquisition Team, The elephants in the room

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A content marketer from Germany is not necessarily someone with a penis

August 26, 2019October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore gender bias

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My metathoughts on idea management

May 22, 2019October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore accountability, consistency, double-blind peer review, ICE scores, idea management, prioritization, value

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The elephant in the executive room

May 7, 2019October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore best value for money vs cheapest option, compromises vs cut-rate stuff. tradeoffs optimization vs cost minimization, negotiations vs lowest priced solutions, The elephants in the room

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The UX elephant in the (smelly and noisy) room

April 9, 2019October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore lack of consistency, lack of empathy, lack of self-awareness, The elephants in the room, UX

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Elephant #24: ignorance

December 2, 2018October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore ignorance, The elephants in the room

It may be difficult to stop ignoring what shouldn’t be overlooked, basically because by definition we ignore what we ignore.

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Elephant #23: employees turnover

November 25, 2018October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore employees turnover, The elephants in the room

Organizations with high employees turnover should start wondering if their most skilled employees are those ones who stay or those

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Elephant #22: jerks’ culture

November 18, 2018October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore jerks' culture, The elephants in the room

Every time you hire or promote a jerk, you’re building a jerks’ culture. You shouldn’t be surprised, then, when your

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Elephant #21: waterfall mindset

November 11, 2018October 12, 2021 Ileana Belfiore The elephants in the room, waterfall mindset

You can hold all the Scrum “ceremonies” you want and put into place all the (really and allegedly) Agile practices

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