15 minutes of fame

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The coming week I will be sharing (but especially receiving!) pearls of wisdom on the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast. Subscribe!

Monday 15th February 2016: Failure
Tuesday 16th February 2016: Teams
Wednesday 17th February 2016: Change
Thursday 18th February 2016: Measuring Success
Friday 19th February: System Health and System Productivity

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