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EP21: Using Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues to Build Team Norms and Continuous Improvement

EP21: Using Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues to Build Team Norms and Continuous Improvement

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Geoff and Paul discuss Benjamin Franklin’s “13 virtues” as a practical framework for self-improvement and, more importantly, for developing team norms, shared standards, and a culture of continuous improvement in agile teams. They explain how Franklin created virtues to address his own frustration with not meeting his standards, and how he focused on one virtue at a time in four-week cycles so all 13 were covered over 52 weeks. They propose a team activity where members first brainstorm virtues individually, then share and cluster them, with two constraints: the team must agree on exactly 13, and any single disagreement vetoes a virtue, prompting discussion, negotiation, and reframing (e.g., curiosity vs stability). They stress facilitation rigour, equal participation, time to do it well, and ongoing review, and they will share Franklin’s list plus a larger prompt list and a definition of “virtue.”


00:00 Welcome and Banter

00:47 Why Franklin Virtues

02:37 Remembering the 13

03:32 Virtues vs Values

05:09 Team Virtues Exercise

06:54 Handling Conflicts

08:56 Franklin Focus Cycle

10:23 Team Milestones Cards

11:27 Facilitation Tips

13:29 Time-boxing and Review

14:52 Resources and Wrap Up

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