Better Conversations, Better Business (with Douglas Squirrel)

Douglas Squirrel​ has been coding for forty years and has led software teams for twenty. He uses the power of conversations to create dramatic productivity gains in technology organizations of all sizes. Squirrel’s experience includes growing software teams as a CTO in startups from fintech to biotech to music, and everything in between. He’s consulted on product improvement at over 100 organizations in the UK, US, Australia, and Europe and coaches a wide variety of leaders in improving their conversations, aligning to business goals, and creating productive conflict. He lives in Frogholt, England, in a timber-framed cottage built in the year 1450.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE

~How to Cut Through Distraction in a Successful Business

~The Importance of Disappointing People Helpfully

~The Power of Saying “Because”

~How to Turn Personal Conflict Into Productive Conflict

~Why Empathy is Key in Business

~Conflict Resolution From Solopreneurship to the C-Suite

FULL EPISODE VIDEO

https://vimeo.com/879696191

CONNECT WITH DOUGLAS

Website: https://douglassquirrel.com/

Book: https://agileconversations.com/

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