5×3 – BECOME Case Study – Sexist Remarks

On this episode of the Agile Chuck Wagon, Chuck addresses a social media storm. Recently, a prominent member of the agile community has been making sexist comments about female software programmers. This is a timely example of inappropriate behavior, and Chuck uses the BECOME process to formulate a response. Photo by Ian Espinosa on Unsplash […]

4×8 – The BECOME Process

As a follow-up to a prior episode, Chuck talks about BECOME, a step-by-step approach to respond to an incident of inappropriate behavior as a teachable moment when possible. The name is an acronym for the six steps in the process: Behavior, Emergency, Context, Options, Myself and Enact. The material for this episode is drawn from the book Encouraging […]