Re: [teampractices] No questions allowed!

2017-10-13 Thread Marti Johnson
In the NVC trainings that I've been doing, it is often stressed that authentic self expression is more vulnerable than listening, because the speaker is exposing themselves while the listener remains relatively hidden. Obviously, the manner of expression makes all the difference--one could easily

Re: [teampractices] No questions allowed!

2017-10-13 Thread Kevin Smith
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Jeroen De Dauw wrote: > It seems like for such a policy to not result in disaster, everyone needs > a good amount of empathy and willingness to cooperate. > ​Agreed! It would probably also require everyone to have strong communication

Re: [teampractices] No questions allowed!

2017-10-12 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey, Thanks for sharing. It seems like for such a policy to not result in disaster, everyone needs a good amount of empathy and willingness to cooperate. If you have an opinion and person B has another opinion, person B cannot rely on you asking them why they have this differing opinion in case

Re: [teampractices] No questions allowed!

2017-10-12 Thread Marti Johnson
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[teampractices] No questions allowed!

2017-10-12 Thread Kevin Smith
Last weekend, I had a dream, and this email is about that dream. I had just started working at an organization, as an Agile Coach (or similar). I was surprised to learn that one of their important rules was that everyone was prohibited from asking questions. Since a HUGE part of being an agile