Core Principles (Jim and Michele McCarthy)

#1

Has anyone done any experimenting with the Core Principles by Jim and Michele McCarthy? I’m doing a little more reading on it. It looks interesting. I love the idea of the check-in being a thing but haven’t tried anything like it. It sounds very reminiscent of a mood board.

http://www.mccarthyshow.com/online/

https://scrum-master-toolbox.org/2018/04/podcast/bonus-richard-kasperowski-on-on-high-performance-teams-and-the-core-protocols/

#2

I’ve read a little bit. Dabbled in it with some coaching groups I’m part of.

However, it hasn’t fit my dev-team culture well… at least not approaching it head on.

Obliquely perhaps.

#3

I’ve used Check-In/ Check-Out protocols as well as Decider and Perfection game both with development teams as well as volunteering teams. Works really well. Here is a slightly better organized version of the Core Protocols: https://liveingreatness.com/core-protocols/
Richard Kasperowski does a lot of work in this area as well.
Happy to answer more questions

#4

I’m super interested. I was listening to Richard talk about the principles, he inspired this post. He mentioned using the perfection game for retros. How has your adoption within a team been?

#5

I just found a description of using the perfection game in a retro. Thank you. https://arcpublishing.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ABP/pages/187826250/The+Perfection+Game+-+A+Retrospective+Technique

#6

I’d add that some of the Core Protocols strongly dovetail with the techniques from Agile Coaching Institute’s bootcamps.