About this episode
Fighting the word “Accountability”
Whether or not you like the word, you can’t run a high-performing team without accountability.
I recently read a post that blamed accountability and commitment for all of Agile’s failures.
One commenter went so far as to suggest that accountability was an affront; an assault.
If you’re on a team, or even if you’re being paid to do a job, you’re accountable for something. Someone, somewhere needs you to sign up for a result. They need you to do a certain thing by a certain date. That’s a commitment. That’s accountability.
Changing The Word Won’t Help
Sure, we can get rid of the word, but it won’t do much to address the reality that makes us fear it; visibility, responsibility and persistence are required to make a great Agile team.
There’s little value in being comfortable and easy. Instead, developing the muscle of making small promises and delivering on them CONSISTENTLY is what builds reputation AND speed. Maybe scale too.
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