Published in Ingeniously Simple·Apr 19, 2021How do participants feel about annual reteaming?We’ve found that people appreciate having a strong influence on their destination during team reorganizations and that self-selection reteaming places people into teams they are happy to be part of. But there are difficulties to be aware of and, as with everything, there’s always room for improvement. In January 2021…Reteaming4 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Mar 9, 2021Reteaming FAQ and an offer to helpQuestions we’re commonly asked about self-selection reteaming at Redgate and an offer to help you plan your own process — In January we completed our 3rd annual reteaming process at Redgate. I’ve written a couple of posts about how that went on this site and shared a tour through a key event in our approach — the team charter expo. In response to that video I’ve had several people from…Reteaming6 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Jan 27, 2021How did our first remote annual reteaming go?This month Redgate’s Product Development organisation embarked on our annual “reteaming” process to reconfigure how our teams are assigned to reflect the company’s 2021 strategy and plans. For the last 3 years, our approach to these team changes has been to allow people to strongly influence where in the new…Reteaming6 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Dec 15, 2020What was the impact of Level Up Week 2020?Level Up Week 2020 was Redgate’s first ever global event focused on learning and personal development. It encouraged us to share skills, knowledge, and ideas with other Redgaters and give each other opportunities to grow and improve. …Culture7 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Dec 8, 2020Level Up Week 2020: How we evolved our internal tech conference for our remote-first worldSince 2018 Redgate’s Product Development organisation have run an internal conference to inspire people to engage in their personal development, build capability across our teams and bring people together to learn, share and collaborate. …Conferences12 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Nov 20, 2020Product Development Reteaming at RedgateIn January 2021 Redgate’s product development organisation will undertake a “reteaming” process to reconfigure how our teams are assigned to reflect the company’s strategy for 2021. …Reteaming6 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Apr 28, 2020Wellbeing and cohesion hacks from our newly remote teamsDuring social distancing measures, with all our teams working remotely and with differing work patterns, we should be especially attentive to the wellbeing of our teammates and how we collaborate with each other. …Remote Working4 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Apr 8, 2020Forget dumb productivity measures and focus on software delivery performance with Accelerate’s Four Key MetricsThe book Accelerate — The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble and Gene Kim has been really important for Redgate over the past 12 months. …Accelerate5 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Sep 22, 2019How Redgate ran its first team self-selection processIn my previous post I explained why, at the end of 2018, Redgate wanted to give people a strong influence over what team they worked on, our concerns about short team self-selection events and how we decided to approach the idea. …Organizational Culture11 min read
Published in Ingeniously Simple·Sep 17, 2019Team self-selection (without the anxiety)Are you attracted to the idea of allowing people to decide for themselves what they work on, encouraging them to move towards the work they find most motivational, but something is holding you back from trying it? Perhaps you’ve heard of organisations that have run team self-selection events and, while…Leadership12 min read