The Dream Team Nightmare

Dialogue

You always begin each conversation by thanking team members up front for their time. Then you go through the proposed conversation plan together.

First you lay out the three heading sticky notes side-by-side: To Do, In Progress, Done. Then you lay out each topic sticky note, one at a time, under the To Do heading. When you reach the sticky note that reads “???” (wildcard), you ask the team member if there are any topics he or she would like to talk about during this session. This ensures you both get something out of the meeting. Then you write out his or her topics, one per sticky note. You discard the “???” sticky note and lay out the new suggestions in its place.

It’s at this point that you and the team member come up with the ...