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

Published: May 11, 2020, 7:20 p.m.

b"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 \\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\n(Open Space)\\n\\u2022\\tOpen Space Technology is a powerful tool for engaging participation \\n\\u2022\\tDesigning a good Open Space event take careful preparation and support\\n\\u2022\\tOpen Space gives the benefit of the hallway conversations that are so valuable in most in-person events\\n\\u2022\\tOpen Space events can be facilitated remotely, provided the facilitators are experienced and put care into the design of the event\\n\\n(Coaching)\\n\\u2022\\tThere is a well defined set of competencies for agile coaching\\n\\u2022\\tThese competencies include professional coaching, mentoring, facilitation and teaching\\n\\u2022\\tAgile coaching has a bias towards using an agile approach to address problems and opportunities\\n\\u2022\\tBeing a coach means you're prepared to partner with people as they improve, as they go through change \\n\\u2022\\tAn ethical foundation for coaching is to firstly do no harm\\n\\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2WlQFqz\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\\n\\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2WlQFqz"