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Dec 2021
21m 34s

Input Quadrant - A Tool for Better Retro...

JONATHAN CUTRELL
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We have an illusion of control when things go our way, and a bias to shift the blame when things don't go our way. In retrospectives, we also believe we know all of the variables at play. In today's episode, we talk about these tendencies, and provide a model for thinking about our efforts as functions, and different variables as inputs. We categorize these ... Show More
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