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Government Digital Services, Singapore

·Mar 15

Self-management: Removing blockers can sometimes be the blocker itself.

Helping others do the work may come with good intent. But have you ever wondered about the unintended consequences? It can be a trap for most people, especially those with high agency and bias for action. “The cure can sometimes be worse than the disease.” As a scrum master in my earlier days who is well-tuned to “removing impediments/blockers”…

Self Management

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Self-management: Removing blockers can sometimes be the blocker itself.
Self-management: Removing blockers can sometimes be the blocker itself.
Self Management

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Government Digital Services, Singapore

·Sep 6, 2022

Sprint Bazaar — Behind the scenes

From theory to reality — tips for a smoother adoption — Thanks Yeo Yong Kiat for the shoutout on BGP’s ongoing experiment… the sprint bazaar! He covered the what, why and the how in his recent article, and garnered interest within our agile community. I thought it will be timely to share some tips based on our multiple iterations and refinement…

Agile

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Sprint Bazaar — Behind the scenes
Sprint Bazaar — Behind the scenes
Agile

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Government Digital Services, Singapore

·Jul 31, 2021

Shifting Left— Improving team’s performance and morale

Developers and Quality Engineers can work together to test early and often, increasing time to market, reduce bottlenecks and improve quality. Why the need to shift-left? It all began when my team was in its forming phase and we faced multiple setbacks: High rejection rate of stories + Bottleneck at QE We are working on…

Agile

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Shifting Left— Improving team’s performance and morale
Shifting Left— Improving team’s performance and morale
Agile

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Government Digital Services, Singapore

·Jul 1, 2021

A simple setup to create a culture of recognition remotely in under 24 hours

TLDR; Forms: Google Forms, Back-end: Googlesheets from google forms results and Front-end Peer Recognition Dashboard: Data Studio. With the onset of COVID-19 and the reported higher rate of burnout experienced by employees that comes with WFH (Work From Home) and lack of engagement with peers, it is increasingly important to…

Recognition System

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A simple setup to create a culture of recognition remotely in under 24 hours
A simple setup to create a culture of recognition remotely in under 24 hours
Recognition System

3 min read

Nicholas Li

Nicholas Li

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I enjoy agile ways of working, especially the more humanistic side of it.

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