Foreword
My first introduction to the importance of liftoffs was in 2010. Diana Larsen and I were designing a training course on cross-functional agile, and she wanted to include a segment on team formation. As always, we had more material than time, so including her fluffy team-formation stuff meant cutting out some of my—far more important—continuous-integration material.
But I agreed, and I’m glad I did. Diana used a simple and fast technique for starting team formation that I’ve shamelessly stolen and used ever since. The technique was to share one thing about yourself that people don’t learn until they’ve known you for a while.
More important, Diana sprinkled aspects of her and Ainsley’s liftoff expertise throughout the course. Her lectures ...
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