The Humanizing Work Show

An overgrown backlog is not a promise—it’s a drag on focus and trust. Peter and Richard explain how to release the weight of GTD-style open commitments , use a Kondo-inspired “thank it and let it go,” and sort work into...

If your calendar is full of “quick requests” and constant context switching, you’re not alone. In this episode, Peter Green and Richard Lawrence explore why saying no at work is so hard—and how to do it well. They share...

We just passed 200 episodes of The Humanizing Work Show! To celebrate, we’re bringing back one of our most practical episodes— Two Key Moves for Better Sprint Retrospectives. If your retros have become stale...

Agile expert Richard Lawrence breaks down the differences between Scrum and Kanban, two of the most widely used approaches for managing work. He explains how each method works, where each one excels, and how you can...

When leaders ask for more data, dashboards, and reports, it’s often a signal of low trust. The trouble is, giving them more data doesn’t build it. So what do you do instead? In this episode of the Humanizing Work Show...

Leaders may know the value of early learning, but teams may have built up resistance tackling the hardest, most uncertain work first. Instead, they chase quick wins that feel safe but create nasty surprises later. In...

Most presentations to leaders don’t lead to decisions. They’re overloaded with slides, but they don’t result in action or support. In this episode of the Humanizing Work Show, Peter and Richard share a proven formula...

Vibe coding prototypes can feel magical. With just a few prompts, an AI builds a working app you can click around and test. But when something looks real, it’s easy to fall into common product traps. In this episode of...

Story points are everywhere in agile teams, but too often they’re misunderstood and frustrating. In this episode, we explain how story points really work as a form of Reference Class Forecasting and show you how to use...

Estimating feels responsible and concrete, but decades of research and real-world examples show it’s systematically wrong. In this episode, we share Kahneman’s work on the planning fallacy, Flyvbjerg’s analysis of...

Feedback makes decisions better, but only if it stays in the zone of healthy debate. In this episode of the Humanizing Work Show, we share three practical strategies to keep feedback from tipping into unhelpful...

Going from “good enough” to “great” takes more than time on task — it takes deliberate practice. In this episode, we explore the research behind deliberate practice, bust the myths around the “10,000 hour rule,” and...

What if PI Planning didn’t just need tweaks—it needed a reframe? In this episode, we dig into the painful reality many teams face with SAFe’s PI Planning. We revisit its origin in Toyota’s “obeya” rooms, unpack how the...

Many companies try to attract talent with flashy perks, parties, and ping-pong tables—but what if calm and supportive beats "cool" every time? This week, Peter and Richard reveal why a calm culture is the hidden key to...

Is your team feeling stuck even after retrospectives? In this episode, Richard and Peter share how issues in a team’s productivity, direction, and connection may be a red flag that you need a bigger reset than a typical...