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The compounding interest of smaller teams

Have you ever wondered why smaller teams feel much more personal than larger teams, even when they’ve only been together for a short time…

2 min readJan 18, 2023

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The compounding interest of smaller teams

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Jorrit Kortink

Are your refinements messy? This might be why.

Recently I’ve been in some refinement meetings that felt less effective than they could be. There’s a lot of engagement, and many…

4 min readDec 7, 2022

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Are your refinements messy? This might be why.

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Jorrit Kortink

Do you have messy meetings? Don’t appoint a chairman to fix it.

Last week there was a discussion in one of my teams about how to keep people engaged during online meetings.

4 min readOct 25, 2022

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Do you have messy meetings? Don’t appoint a chairman to fix it.

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Jorrit Kortink

Don’t claim partial credit for your unfinished PBI’s when the Sprint ends

Imagine you own a house. You’ve asked a painter to redo your living room. It’s a simple job, four walls to paint, the ceiling doesn’t have…

4 min readOct 13, 2022

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Don’t claim partial credit for your unfinished PBI’s when the Sprint ends

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Jorrit Kortink

Give a man a fish, and you will feed him for a day

Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

5 min readSep 13, 2022

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Give a man a fish, and you will feed him for a day

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Jorrit Kortink

Why the Daily Standup is time-boxed to 15 minutes

Last week a team member asked a great question that shines in its simplicity: Who cares if we take 20 or 25 minutes for our Daily Standup…

2 min readSep 7, 2022

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Why the Daily Standup is time-boxed to 15 minutes

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Jorrit Kortink

Creating psychological safety is like bungee jumping

Last week I organized a Personal Development weekend for about 25 colleagues. The topic of the weekend was Setting and extending…

3 min readSep 1, 2022

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Creating psychological safety is like bungee jumping

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Jorrit Kortink

Sprint Goals, a holiday perspective

I want to have a nice holiday.

3 min readSep 1, 2022

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Sprint Goals, a holiday perspective

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Jorrit Kortink

Taal bepaalt: ambitie, uitgangspunt, theorie en realiteit

Taal is belangrijk. Het is niet voor niks dat bijvoorbeeld NLP zo enorm populair is en dat mannen als Tony Robbins succesvol zijn. Met taal…

3 min readSep 1, 2022

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Jorrit Kortink

The futility of finishing all PBI’s in the Sprint

About ten years ago I was a competitive rower. Our goal that year was to qualify for the Under 23 World Champioinships that were held in…

3 min readAug 11, 2022

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The futility of finishing all PBI’s in the Sprint

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Jorrit Kortink

Jorrit Kortink

I write about things that come to mind and that inspire me, probably something about leadership, coaching, or personal development.

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