Joe O'Brien - People Patterns

We spend a large portion of our time thinking about code and technical project issues. What about the people side of things? The majority of project failures occur because of people, not technology. What we need are guides that help us navigate the waters between the people around us. People Patterns introduces my latest effort to capture the subtleties and nuances of interpersonal relations. I'm distilling a lot of experience, a bit of psychology and a substantial amount of research and have come up with a series of patterns that can help everyone be more successful in teams and at work. How do you have those critical conversations? How do you get your point across when you think the other person is incompetent? Come and help me reveal these and join a lively discussion.

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1. People Patterns Monday, October 29, 12
2. Monday, October 29, 12
3. If I had to get a job today, would I desperately want to work at EdgeCase? Monday, October 29, 12
4. If I had to get a job today, would I desperately want to work at EdgeCase? Do I feel like a slave owner? Monday, October 29, 12
5. *** Monday, October 29, 12
6. “I always tell people that [my current job] is the second best job I’ve ever had” Monday, October 29, 12
7. So How Did I Do It? Monday, October 29, 12
8. People Monday, October 29, 12
9. People Technology Process Monday, October 29, 12
10. People Technology Process Monday, October 29, 12
11. “I have never seen a project fail for technical reasons” Monday, October 29, 12
12. “I have never seen a project fail for technical reasons” succeed Monday, October 29, 12
13. We Need to Change Monday, October 29, 12
14. “You should learn a new language every year” Monday, October 29, 12
15. “You should learn a new language every year” NO! Monday, October 29, 12
16. “This year I want you to learn psychology” Monday, October 29, 12
17. Three Inspirations How to Win Friends and Influence People Monday, October 29, 12
18. Three Inspirations Pragmatic Thinking And Learning Monday, October 29, 12
19. Introverts and Extroverts Monday, October 29, 12
20. People Patterns Monday, October 29, 12
21. Conversation Rolodex Monday, October 29, 12
22. Voices In Your Head: They Don’t Go Away Monday, October 29, 12
23. What Do They See? Monday, October 29, 12
24. The Three Realities Monday, October 29, 12
25. Listen Without Agenda Monday, October 29, 12
26. Reveal Bad News Quickly Monday, October 29, 12
27. Reveal Bad News Quickly Monday, October 29, 12
28. Close the loop Monday, October 29, 12
29. Consistent Uncompromising Honesty Monday, October 29, 12
30. Listen Between The Lines Monday, October 29, 12
31. Positivity Moves Forward Monday, October 29, 12
32. Assume The Positive Monday, October 29, 12
33. People Patterns Monday, October 29, 12
34. Three Inspirations Pragmatic Programmer Monday, October 29, 12
35. People Patterns Apply One Monday, October 29, 12
36. @objo Monday, October 29, 12