Gamal Schmuck

Agile Coach / Scrum Master @WORLD
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[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

@GustavoPetro, 🌿 Promover las hojas de coca en lugar de la cocaína podría cambiar las reglas del juego en la lucha contra las drogas en Colombia. Ofrecen beneficios culturales y económicos. Pronto te enviaré un correo con más ideas. ¡Hagamos un cambio positivo! #HojaDeCoca #Paz

[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

Don't let yourself drift or being drifted by someone else. Don't let yourself get stressed. 🤌
Create a vision 🌅🗺️ and a rough plan 📒 before you act agilely within it 🤼‍♂️🥊. But don't let your plan limit you too much 🗽. Be yourself, have fun. Enjoy life. Life is beautiful. 🕺💃

[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

The @World is one.

#StarAcademy
#StarWars
#love

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[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

@AsureNetwork What will happen in 2025 in this space?

[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

Sadly Instagram blocked my #right to post something, so I'm gonna post my ideas and believes on X and maybe on Facebook, too soon. Hopefully @Threads / @instagram will work soon again.

@Threads is a really cool application.

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[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

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[Jeff Sutherland @jeffsutherland]

First Principles of Scrum: Neuroscience

Scrum, a flexible and holistic product development strategy, emphasizes the creative and adaptive teamwork to solve complex problems. What many may not realize, however, is how deeply rooted Scrum's principles are in neuroscience, the scientific study of the nervous system and, more specifically, the brain. This paper will explore the fundamental neuroscience principles that underlie Scrum.

1. Collaborative Environment and Social Neuroscience

Scrum's core principle is collaboration, working as a self-organizing team where individuals collectively decide on the best way to achieve goals. Neuroscience, particularly social neuroscience, supports this principle. Humans, as social animals, have brains wired for connection and interaction. The social brain includes several interconnected regions, like the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and anterior cingulate cortex, that are activated during social interactions (Adolphs, 2009). Working collaboratively can stimulate these brain areas, fostering a sense of trust, empathy, and mutual understanding, vital for team cohesion and effectiveness.

2. Iterative Progress and the Zeigarnik Effect

Scrum's iterative approach, where work is broken into manageable 'sprints', aligns with the Zeigarnik Effect – our brain's tendency to remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones. This psychological phenomenon reflects the brain's focus on achieving goals and its sensitivity to discrepancies between our current state and our desired state (Zeigarnik, 1927). By breaking down complex projects into smaller, manageable tasks, Scrum leverages the Zeigarnik Effect to maintain engagement and motivation throughout the project cycle.

3. Feedback Loops and Dopamine Reward System

Scrum incorporates frequent feedback loops, with regular reviews and retrospectives. Neuroscience reveals this aligns with the brain's dopamine reward system. When we receive positive feedback, our brain releases dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with feelings of pleasure and satisfaction. The anticipation of feedback can thus enhance motivation and performance (Schultz, 1998). Regular feedback in Scrum not only helps adjust course but also promotes a sense of achievement, driving teams to continually improve.

4. Adaptive Change and Neuroplasticity

At the heart of Scrum is the ability to adapt to change, which resonates with the brain's inherent property – neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. It allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and adjust their activities in response to new situations or changes in their environment (Pascual-Leone et al., 2005). Just as Scrum teams adapt to changing project requirements, the brain adapts to new information, demonstrating the congruence between Scrum principles and the neuroplastic nature of our brain.

5. Empirical Process Control and Predictive Coding

Scrum's empirical process control, where decisions are based on observed experience and experimentation, parallels the neuroscience principle of predictive coding. Predictive coding theory posits that the brain continually creates and updates a mental model of the world to predict future events (Friston, 2010). Discrepancies between the prediction and actual experience (prediction errors) drive learning and adaptation. Similarly, Scrum encourages learning from experience, using 'errors' as opportunities for growth.

Conclusion

From the social brain's influence on collaboration to the dopamine reward system's role in feedback, the neuroscience principles aligning with Scrum are many. Understanding these underlying principles offers insights into why Scrum works and how to optimize its implementation. Just as neuroscience continues to evolve, so too does Scrum, continually adapting to deliver value in an ever-changing world.

[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

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[Bundespolizei Berlin @bpol_b]

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[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

Finished my PSD 1 @BROCKHAUS_AG successfully and refreshened my knowledge while doing that!

Next ones are comming... ;-) https://t.co/Er2r87VS24

[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

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Beautiful there.

[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

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Enjoy #dub :-)

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[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

Retrospectives are more than a meeting and should be prepared well during a sprint. Collect as much data as possible; provide a clear focus; adapt the environment; re-energize them; improve the outcomes.

There are some great ideas in this book. Be #creative :-)

[Asure Network @AsureNetwork]

We've completed the 1st part of our research of #decentralized #pension #model and have done simulations in @rustlang

https://t.co/G6OS1Owp2G

We are summing up the results in a paper which we will use as a spec for smart-contracts.

#Asure #Blockchain #crypto #ETH #ico #rust

[Asure Network @AsureNetwork]

Just look at what can happen when the #information is being stored and prossed in a #centralized way, at what has happenned so many times already.

https://t.co/4XHApRbklv

As if #Blockchain wasn't invented already..

#InsurTech #ETH #crypto #cryptonews #hackers
#Hackerangriff

[Asure Network @AsureNetwork]

Today we celebrate 10 years 🎖since #Satoshi created the genesis block and sent it to Hal Finney

Let’s #share #thoughts on the #past and the #future of Bitcoin!

#cryptocurrency
#GenesisBlockTurns10
@BTCFoundation
#ETH #Crypto #cryptonews
#InsurTech #Asure #GenesisBlock

[Georgios Konstantopoulos @gakonst]

Fractional reserve crypto incoming, unless exchanges get serious and implement proofs of solvency for users.

[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

Merry Christmas everybody!! Have great holidays! :-)

[Asure Network @AsureNetwork]

We wish all of our #followers and #supporters as well as those interested in #decentralized social security #networks

Merry Christmas ❄☃🎄🎅

#WhenItsChristmas #Christmas
#Weihnachten #weihnachtszeit
#BVBBMG #MerryChristmas #Deutschland #MerryXmas #MerryChristmasEveryone

[Gamal Schmuck @GamalSchmuck]

@AsureNetwork @ParityTech @web3foundation @polkadotnetwork @gavofyork Congratulations @ParityTech :-)

I want to thank everybody for the great work!!

[blockchain-africa.io @blkchainafrica]

Thank you to all the dignitaries, sponsors, attendees and speakers who made the @blockchainafricaio Blockchain and Cybersecurity Conference a fruitful event with...