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The elephants in the room

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The elephant in the hiring manager room

March 9, 2020March 8, 2020 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments Agile Coach, gender bias, Hiring Manager, Recruiters, Scrum Master, Talent Acquisition Team, The elephants in the room

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The elephant in the executive room

May 7, 2019May 22, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments 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, 2019May 22, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments 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, 2018April 5, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments 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, 2018April 5, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments 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, 2018April 5, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments 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, 2018April 5, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments 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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Elephant #20: discretionary payments

November 4, 2018April 5, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments discretionary payments, The elephants in the room

To all those organizations which promise their employees a conspicuous bonus and change it underway with a discretionary (usually conspicuously

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Elephant #19: clueless solutions

October 28, 2018April 5, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments clueless solutions, The elephants in the room

When people start implementing a solution without having a clue about the business problem they are trying to solve, chances

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Elephant #18: barriers to learning

October 21, 2018April 5, 2019 Ileana Belfiore 0 Comments barriers to learning, The elephants in the room

The most powerful barrier to learning (hence to improving) is a strong belief that you already know everything.

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