Laura P.

I coach teams toward desired outcomes with agile methods, real-world product XP, and lots of post-its. Geek, musician, DeLorean owner, traveler. She/her/hers.

[Community Justice Action Fund @CJACTIONFUND]

#SayHerName: Pearly Young - A mother, a grandma and a missionary, who fed needy Buffalonians every weekend for 25 years. A pillar of the #Buffalo community was taken by senseless #gunviolence that too often claims the lives of communities whose voices go unheard.

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

@wampinellas Amazing photo! #WeWontGoBack

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

#wamp #bansoffourbodies #PlannedParenthood #WeWontGoBack

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

Practicing Gigue from French Suite #5 in G by Bach, BWV 816
#PracticeMakesProgress #CourageNotComfort #WartsAndAll #growthculture #curiosity #music #bach

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

Do you work in an "informative workspace", which tunes you in to your project and team? How's that going? Show and tell! #agile #TuesdayThoughts #xp #feedback https://t.co/HXj40KFamF @jamesshore + Shane Warden. Photo by https://t.co/U8dI9EgQsC

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

@rentalcustard But it's **unAmerican** not to eat beef for dinner! They told us about it on TV, with Aaron Copland's music! What could be more wholesome!? Stop trying to question decades of ingrained corporate brainwashing! https://t.co/hWzeBuMMEA

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

Just came across this awesome interactive "Subway Map of Agile Practices" from @AgileAlliance. Great all-in-one reference and visualization of terms and methodologies! https://t.co/1QofRpozr9 #agile #agiletraining

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

@starkcoffee Weird that device depicted is completely obsolete with the exception of the laptop, which the illustrator actually captured in a way that was, then, 20 years ahead of its time: thin, tiny, screen to the edge!

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

@OliverHookins Thanks! I found various videos to check out later, but does this article ring true with what you learned? https://t.co/87lw0lBHKD

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

Agile training: what's good? bad? boring? exceptional? What left a mark on you and why? Share your stories! Here's mine: the kano matrix (value vs. effort) made me think about priorities as relative, not absolute. #TuesdayThoughts #Agile #coaching #agiletraining #Scrum #lean

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

Do you have a culture wall? What values and "whys" would you have on yours? I enjoyed this interview with @agilityhealth1, who says: "Be bold, be real, and lead with love." https://t.co/F5NpqXoDkx

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

@teabutton My Mom gave me a notebook that's A4-sized with 10 pages and it's slim, light, reusable. Looks like they have other sizes and styles, too! Good luck!

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

@teabutton Such a challenge! When I travel to lead roadmapping (which needs loads of space!) I buy rolls of butcher / construction paper from a local store, then tape with masking tape to the wall. I recycle paper and the post-its. Maybe these would be less bulky? https://t.co/iw6R0anyUQ

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

"The whole point of coaching is teaching. Teaching is letting people make decisions for themselves. And if they’re not making the right decision, letting them fail but... not making them afraid to make a mistake again." - UCLA's Valorie Kondos Field https://t.co/qcS8E9K8M3

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

@janogonzalez Yay obv!

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

@realDonaldTrump Mr. President, you don't like people who "flip". Guess who never flipped on his friends and comrades? @johnsmccain through 5 years of torture. You praise that lackey Manafort but no official statement for this senator and hero? For shame. https://t.co/DrlyLLTRFy

[SoundCloud Engineering @SoundCloudDev]

Agile retrospectives are helpful at the end of an iteration, but that's not the only time they're used. 🗓️

Read how @alexsandra84 and the iOS Team at SoundCloud used an agile retrospective activity to define the role of the new iOS Platform Lead. 🙌🏽

https://t.co/cjiaiPvwJu

[Laura P. @nEqualsBlue]

This time last Thursday, @bardsworld and I were getting ready to hike Angels Landing in @ZionNPS. Several hours later, we made it to the top! #ChacoNation #realworldagility #notasprint #ThursdayThoughts Photos of me by https://t.co/vgGNmKW4Ov