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I used ShapeUp in one of my previous jobs and tried to pitch it many times before. It rarely sticks. It requires a fundamental shift in the valuation of what matters to do, so drastic that most people were afraid to try. Fixed time variable scope? No, we want it on time, scope, and budget!™ I think that the majority of people out there are not willing or capable of taking on the ownership that is needed to work in ShapeUp effectively.

Still, I employ many aspects of it, also in typical “pretend to be agile, kinda waterfall” organizations. There are many elements and techniques in the book for many use cases.

I hope to find (or maybe build) a company willing to work differently — one that looks to get the best out of people, not the most.


Actually, I think it's not Preview bug. I use gramarly plugin in safari, and double copy-paste issue is happening there also. It's something more generally broken. I run 11.1


I hope that new normal will be replaced by newer normal in second half 2021. I'm really looking forward to get the team together for a few days. I'm just thinking now about a best economical way to do it twice a year instead of what we did before - once a year. It can even be fluid time-wise.


We also do partial meetups. When someone is traveling near another team member, we’ll get one or two more to pop over based on function or proximity. Basically we look for excuses ;) These are often especially productive, whereas the larger meetings end up being more social.


Get together for a few days, or a week.


The company Will inform employees a 3-4+ weeks prior to the get together or get-back-to-office date.

That'll give them time to plan the travel : drive/fly/walk . "Spend Your Own Money" , coz we were a non-remote workplace pre-Corona.


Dinant is beautiful city, famous for Sax, but well worth the visit. Adolphe's house is a small museum, well organized.


If you do visit also get a Couque de Dinant, which I understand is the worlds hardest biscuit.


To be eaten soaked in coffee or tea.


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