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Couples Counselling for Scrum Teams – Global Scrum Gathering Austin 2019

In this talk, ZXM CEO Matthew Hodgson, presents to the Global Scrum Gathering in Austin on patterns from Gottman and social psychology research to help mend broken teams. He focuses on relating practical retrospective and coaching patterns to help alleviate the pains of teams and individuals.

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Matthew Hodgson

Matt is the CEO of Zen Ex Machina, Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) and SAFe SPC6. He's an author, keynote speaker, and a regular presenter at international conferences across Australia, USA, Asia, and Europe.

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