“Live” from DOES - on Learning, DevOps Heroes, Agile, COVID lessons and HumanDebt

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Warning, long, reflective and not necessarily “sunny” post ahead.

DOES …. I always thought highly of it from a distance but participating for the first time last year has been a complete treat as I said here, and here and here and here at the time.

The main themes that it always throws for me are rarely revelations about Agile or even this year’s buzz of admiration around how much has been accomplished -collectively by all of us response wise- and by various companies work-wise as COVID-19 forced us into being our best selves. All that strikes me as common sense even if it’s nice to see it reaffirmed. What I always find myself returning to and pondering long after DOES is finished are these big topics

In particular what continuous learning means to all of us of an Agile heart and how it reflects in the dynamic of happy teams. First, it’s the self-congratulatory part of individual learning where it’s clear everyone at DOES has ample thirst for knowledge and debate, not only because they’re there, but because they incessantly ask for sources, and references,- which can maybe be attributed to the wide generalisation that we are self-selected into a neurodiverse group that enjoys exhaustive research on a chosen topic.