Freyja Balmer, Scripps Networks Interactive , @bettyrocker Michael Greene, Scripps Networks Interactive , @greeneysays Whether you’re bringing Lean methods into a large organization or your own small startup, human factors matter. Dysfunctional teams cling to vanity metrics, produce work that doesn’t matter to anyone outside the building, squash creativity, and severely limit their ability to innovate quickly. Life is too short to do dumb work slowly with a bunch of passive-aggressive jerks, so join Freyja Balmer and Michael Greene, whose amazing team have most recently grown Food.com into the second largest digital food property, for a fun and probing session. We’ll talk about: Guidelines that work for building engaged, effective people into a cohesive team; Kickstarting your team’s own very best and most functional culture; Techniques for addressing specific problems with team dynamics. This session is for anyone who is looking for real talk on what makes people do great work.

1. The Human Side of Lean
A Pattern for a Team Agreement
Based on Lessons Learned from Creating a Functional Team Culture
at Scripps Networks
Freyja Balmer - @bettyrocker
Michael Greene - @greeneysays
#HumanSideofLean

2. Context is critical, and it is
everyone’s responsibility to insist
on it.

3. We need to own our
Baggage.

4. We should understand
and privilege actual
productivity over the
output of busy work.

5. We recognize and
address bummer
personality issues.

6. We need to have
shared Goals.

8. We recognize the
value of teams.

9. We will release and test
things that are not
perfect, and in some
cases, craptacular.

10. We approach our
work with Curiosity
and Ambition.

11. We approach our
customers, and one
another, with
Empathy.

12. In order to generate value, we
need to own our team culture.