Deliver. Adapt. Repeat.

Hi, I'm Elisabeth Hendrickson. I work with technical leaders and teams to improve collaboration, tighten feedback loops, make better decisions, shape culture intentionally, and deliver value predictably and sustainably. How can I help you?

Deliver. Adapt. Repeat.

Recent Posts

Partnering at Work
Elisabeth Hendrickson
Elisabeth Hendrickson

A video that explains how to be a better partner at work

Nice versus Kind
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

A video that explains the difference between being nice and being kind.

Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) Revisited
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

A fresh look at the practice of ATDD with the hindsight of 16+ years.

Continuous Delivery Podcast
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

I sat down with Zarar Siddiqi and Jeff 'Cheezy' Morgan to talk about how Pivotal did XP at scale.

Thinking About Fear and Blame
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

Looking at fear, blame, and outcomes through the lens of causal modeling.

Thinking About Doing More with Less
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

Exploring a reframing of value demand, failure demand, and waste.

Thinking About Better Testing, Worse Quality
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

Using causal diagrams to analyze how better testing can ironically lead to worse quality.

Thinking About Finding the Sweet Spot
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

U-curve charts can help you avoid getting trapped in either / or thinking.

Thinking About Choice and Strategy
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

Strategy guides choices; choices allow for strategy.

Thinking About Variability
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

How to use Shewhart charts to understand the variability of your metrics

Thinking About Cause and Effect
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

How to use causal models to discover points of leverage where you can make different decisions

Thinking About Context and Decisions
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

When the right answer to a question is 'it depends,' what does that really mean?

Top 5 Manager Failure Modes
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

A list of common pitfalls for managers.

Focus. Deliver. Learn. Repeat.
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

How high functioning teams focus by limiting WIP, deliver frequently in small increments, and learn continuously.

On Expanding Universes and Fixed Envelopes
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

Low interest rates fueled an expanding universe with continual growth. These days more organizations have a fixed (or shrinking) envelope forcing difficult tradeoffs.

Momentum > Urgency
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Elisabeth Hendrickson

It turns out if you want to go fast, having a sense of momentum is more important than having a sense of urgency.

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