Marc deGuzmán

Andragogical agilist helping people be better.

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

Put your agenda on pause. Assist someone else with theirs. 🤝#heyneighbor Radical change or just being a good human? 💭 #bridgingthegap #empathy

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“We’re doing this project because of a red status. We think we’ll be green in the end.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“Learning what ‘good’ looks like is such an underrated and understated part of learning something new.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“More often than not the project defines the team.”
- Kory Kogon

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“Leaders are humans first and leaders second.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“Paid to think, create, innovate, and execute.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“They are doing the same processes, just now in sprints.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“You’ve got more discretion than you think as a leader. How you do it becomes more important.”
- Paul Falcone

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“Everything else is just fragments.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“Too many stories and not enough refinement.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“5 points of communicating a problem:
1. what is the problem?
2. what is the impact?
3. how are you going to resolve it?
4. what caused it?
5. how do we keep this from happening again?”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“Knowing more encourages us to over rationalize, making it too basic, too simple.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“These people are not exceptional at what they do, but because they have a ‘good resume’ they’ll most definitely be hired.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“We cannot become AI proof, but we can always refine our ability to collaborate with and influence others.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“Stop solving problems that don’t exist.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“Resistance is simply a symptom of people feeling their needs are not being met.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“The problem we see is that a lot of people ask for help, then expect the helpers to do the work for them.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“When was the last time we reviewed the definition of success?”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“It’s hard to act strategically when you don’t even know what the strategy is.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“To improve the process, they added in more processes.”

[Marc deGuzmán @learntrainbe]

“You can hit a delivery date without delivering any kind of value.”