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At local.ch we have a Wall of fame in our wiki. In my personal opinion this is one of the best ideas we’ve ever had when it comes to our team organisation. The reason is that negative feedback gets delivered very quickly and all the time. Strangely enough you have to invest more in making sure positive feedback also gets around. So what happens now is that if somebody helps a colleague or the whole team in a special way, that person gets an entry in the hall of fame. It’s a really encouraging sight to scroll through that list and see how much people are helping each other. And how thankful the recipients are. ...

Scrum is a software development method. It’s been on my radar for a long time but mostly with a negative air to it. After I finally overcame a lot of my prejudices, I recently started to look into it seriously. And it turns out it makes a lot more sense and it’s a lot easier than I used to think. I blame the gazillions of Scrum consultancies out there for sometimes overcomplicating things. In the end it comes down to these few points: ...