Steve Holyer on Running an Effective Open Space and Tim Meyers on Good Coaching

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, first spoke to Steve Holyer about facilitating open space events, then he spoke to Tim Meyers about the competencies and attitudes needed for good coaching Why listen to this podcast: (Open Space) • Open Space Technology is a powerful tool for engaging participation • Designing a good Open Space event take careful preparation and support • Open Space gives the benefit of the hallway conversations that are so valuable in most in-person events • Open Space events can be facilitated remotely, provided the facilitators are experienced and put care into the design of the event (Coaching) • There is a well defined set of competencies for agile coaching • These competencies include professional coaching, mentoring, facilitation and teaching • Agile coaching has a bias towards using an agile approach to address problems and opportunities • Being a coach means you're prepared to partner with people as they improve, as they go through change • An ethical foundation for coaching is to firstly do no harm More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2WlQFqz You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2WlQFqz