Blog
#Team Building
10 post(s)
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Why Your Retrospectives (KPT) Don't Stick — Fixing "Write It and Forget It"
You run retrospectives (KPT) every time, yet they never seem to pay off next time. The reason is structural: you write them, then they get buried. Here are three reasons retrospectives go hollow — and how to make past lessons resurface right when you need them.
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Empathy as the Hiring Filter — Building the AI Operations Secretary Tasukiba With Me
The hiring filter for AI operations secretary Tasukiba isn't technical skill, it's empathy. Values alignment on three axes (purpose, target, method) comes first: can you share the belief in reshaping project management with semantic search? Why I weight empathy differently for known people vs outside applicants, written honestly.
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Knowing psychological safety isn't enough — the four stages: understand, design, implement, reproduce
Many people can say psychological safety matters. Few can actually design it into a team, and fewer still can reproduce the same level in a different team. A four-stage model — built on Amy Edmondson's research — for moving from understanding to reproduction, the four leader behaviors that make it concrete, and why psychological safety only works when paired with accountability.
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From Funeral to Adventure: A Manager's Real Art of Asking
A manager's words decide if meetings feel like funerals or adventures. From The New Art of Asking: expedition mindset, four rules, the see-build-ask cycle.
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The Power of Small Contributions — Reflections from Tokyo Blaze Symphonic Band's 13th Concert
Attending the Tokyo Blaze Symphonic Band's concert for the third consecutive year, I witnessed how individual efforts converge into a single piece of music — and what it taught me about team building and psychological safety.
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Don't Bring Motivation to Work — Deliver Consistent Results Through Systems, Like Brushing Your Teeth
Motivation-driven action inevitably burns out. Understanding how self-preservation instincts block change, and how systematizing actions like brushing teeth enables consistent output regardless of mood.
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"Black Box Thinking" — Life Is Too Short to Experience Every Failure Yourself
Reading 'Black Box Thinking' revealed how ego blocks learning from failure. I explore the mechanisms of self-esteem-driven denial and how engineers can build systems to detect, report, and leverage failure.
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"No Effort Goes Unrewarded" — How the Concept of Accumulating Luck Changed My Work
I used to believe some efforts are wasted. A single book changed my definition of effort: time spent for others accumulates as luck. Here's how this shift transformed my approach as an engineer.
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"Words Are Blades" — How a Single Phrase Can Stay with Someone Forever
Inspired by a line from Detective Conan — 'Words are blades' — I reflect on the dual nature of language: the power to uplift and the power to wound. As an engineer, I practice 'maturing words before speaking.'
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INTJ-AS (The Lone Grand Designer) — My Working Style Through Personality Assessment
My extended MBTI (64-type) result is INTJ-AS. I've articulated my communication style, team behavior, and growth areas as self-disclosure for future collaborators.