Questions 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…

This post shares the results of our annual self-selection reteaming process and how we had to adapt the activity during a national lockdown — 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…

What did Redgaters make of Level Up Week 2020, our virtual company L&D conference, and did it have the impact we were hoping for? — 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. …

How we turned our internal tech conference into a virtual, global company event bringing Redgaters together to focus on L&D and reconnect — Since 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. …

In January Redgate will undertake another self-selection reteaming process. This post explains why we’ll be doing that and how we’ll do it — In 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. …

Last week, members of our 12 dev teams got together to explore the practices and behaviours making a difference in our newly remote teams. — During 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. …

Find out how the Four Key Metrics from the book Accelerate help us track software delivery performance and drive continuous improvement — The 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. …

This post explains in detail exactly how Redgate ran it’s first formal team self-selection process, from initial planning to completion. — In 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. …

Attracted to the idea of allowing people to decide for themselves what team they work on but anxious about what *might* happen? We were… — 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…