In July 2026 Deliver Sessions visited Autotrader’s new office in Circle Square. We were impressed with the welcoming entrance hall, featuring a huge curved screen with live Autotrader stats plus an overview of our meetup (with larger-than-life-size photos of our presenters, what a way to feel like a celebrity). Retros by design, not by habit [ ] The post Deliver Sessions: Going off script appeared…
I’ve been a co-organiser of Deliver Sessions meetup (along with Chris Burns and Zoe Rigley) since 2018, and now I do a writeup after each event. Those posts started in 2022 with “an evening of lightning talks”, and I’ve kept up good habits since then — lots of posts in the Deliver Sessions archives. However, [ ] The post Deliver Sessions: The remote years appeared first on neil-vass.com .
One of the most useful early lessons I learned in coaching was: it’s not about me sharing or recommending what I’d do in a situation, it’s much more helpful to leave my advice out of it and help the client come to their own conclusions. Mentoring, teaching, and other “I have experience in this area” [ ] The post Coaching: When you’re asked for your own expertise appeared first on neil-vass.com .
It’s been a relaxed start to the year: May’s Deliver Sessions meetup was the first one of 2026! This time we were at Forward Role‘s offices, just off Deansgate in Manchester city centre. Hannah Dell Armi shared techniques for solving conflicts and frustrations in teams, pairing nicely with Rachelle Williams giving advice on how to teach new [ ] The post Deliver Sessions: Why good teams get stuck…
Coaching can involve asking a lot of questions — I’ve mentioned several examples already in “A few things about coaching” (where I was surprised by how much people appreciated some wide-open questions when I thought I had nothing useful to say) and in “Coaching: Understanding the options” (including how useful it can be to discuss [ ] The post Coaching: Questions? appeared first on neil-vass.com .
I recently wrote a few things about coaching and said I might start a series of coaching notes. Here we go! In that post I mentioned my early habit of breaking into coaching conversations at every opportunity. While coaching’s often useful, it’s not the answer to every question — and and even if I think [ ] The post Coaching: Understanding the options appeared first on neil-vass.com .
I’ve been a fan of coaching for years, it can really help people or teams improve how they work. When I was first introduced to this skill there were a few things I didn’t find obvious and took a while to learn. First chance to do some training I’d read about coaching and thought I [ ] The post A few things about coaching appeared first on neil-vass.com .
I’d seen recommendations for this book in lots of places, for years, before I got round to reading it. I assumed it’d be long, serious, and probably not too relevant to me (my job isn’t consultancy). I was wrong! It’s short and funny, with handy advice for people in all kinds of jobs. I’ve made [ ] The post Book look: The secrets of consulting, by Gerald Weinberg appeared first on neil-vass.com .
A few months ago my son asked how you solve a Rubik’s cube. I had no idea so we looked it up. A helpful YouTube video from The Great Courses showed us how to solve one in 8 steps. It took a few watches and lots of back and forth, but we did it! And [ ] The post Algorithms IRL: Let’s solve a Rubik’s cube! appeared first on neil-vass.com .
In February 2026 I went to Liverpool for Agile in the Ether’s 3rd one-day, in-real-life annual event. For lots of info on how the event worked and what sessions we had, see Emily Webber’s write up: Agile in the Ether IRL 2026: No Slides, Just Vibes. I always come away from these events with piles [ ] The post A list of links after Agile in the Ether IRL 2026 appeared first on neil-vass.com .