Woody Zuill
Biography
Woody Zuill is an Agile and Lean Software Development guide who has been programming computers for 40+ years. He is an originator and pioneer of the Software Teaming (Mob Programming) approach to teamwork in software development, and provides workshops, coaching, and training on team software development. He is also a founder of the "Beyond Estimates" discussion, and a frequent speaker at conferences and developer meet-ups all over the world.
NewCrafts Paris 2024
Failure to Communicate
Talk
In our work and organizations it's important to have a shared understanding of anything we communicate about. Our success often depends on it.
However, I suspect we often behave as if we have understood what has been communicated to us when that understanding doesn't actually exist. And even worse, when we are the one trying to communicate a message, we often believe that everyone else understands our meaning and intention when it just hasn't happened.
Is it possible that we aren't achieving anything close to the level of communication we believe we are?
Are we failing to communicate while believing that we are communicating well?
Let's investigate how well we are communicating and explore ways to improve our ability to communicate.
We’ll cover:
- Definition of communication
- The purpose of communication
- What success looks like
- What failure looks like
- The consequences of failure
- Some of the thing that make communication difficult
- A few ideas on how to improve communication
