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By re-reading a post from a friend of the honey-badger tribe , I realized how much in common it has with a known situation experienced in a recent past. Imagine you join a team in the following situation: Unclear processes and workflow Lack of knowledge about the product Team executing decisions taken by others Vague software development practices Also, within this context, imagining you receiving a great market opportunity which requires deliver something with a fixed deadline. Looks like a case to continue doing what's done in the past to avoid taking risk of failure, but off course leaving the same picture as above regarding team processes. There is always the chance to be counterintuitive and use this greenfield project to boost the team processes to another level. The good thing is to have an organization aware of this issues and the willingness to support any change that improves the way they work. So, having this context, the willing to improve it and a dea...

Hace un mes ya que no trabajo en TheMotion. Es un buen momento entonces para hacer retrospectiva y dejar por escrito lo que ha significado este período para mi. Aclaro que en este post solo haré referencia al equipo de tecnología con lo cual cualquier halago, crítica o feedback presente hagásele corresponder a dicho equipo. Aclaro tambien que todo lo escrito está basado en mi visión y opinión personal. En el equipo de tecnología de TheMotion ( tech  o tech-honey-badgers team ) hemos pasado por varias etapas, buenas y no tan buenas, donde siempre ha prevalecido la transparencia, la calidad, la diversión y el trabajo en equipo. Son valores que destacan en este grupo incluso cuando hay un intento de desviar su atención hacia otros haceres que puedan derivar a otros valores ( positivos o negativos ), los valores mencionados emergen solos y de alguna manera indican el camino de hacer las cosas correctamente, muchas veces en formas totalmente opuestas a lo que otros sugieren....

The past week ( April, 6-9th ) I had the honor to be a participant in the SoCraTes Canaries 2017 , the Software Craftsmanship and Testing conference. Almost three days full of experiences that helped us to become better people and better crafts(wo)men. It was my first time in a Socrates Conference and also first time in an  Open Space conference format. This are the strong points I would like to remark: Open Space or Unconference People willing to share and open to learn Software side talks ( like: liquid modernity, mental health, time management, ... ) English as default language The Venue Networking It's amazing how the unconference flows leading by our own goods, filling the talk slots by the spontaneous willing to learn something new and/or to share knowledge, experiences and/or learned lessons. Something that shocked me, in a good way, that talks did not need to be prepared, if needed we just improvised so we all learn/share.  All the talks, workshops, mo...