Coach Sankhavaram ®There are two kinds of people in the world.
One says, “I went through something hard, so I’m going to make sure no one else has to go through that.”
The other says, “I went through something hard, so everyone else should have to go through it too.”
What does not get recorded does not get believed.
The camera tells the truth no one wants to admit.
Richard GriffithsSpeed without understanding is just noise.
Understanding creates direction. #Sensemaking #Development
And direction is what makes speed matter.
A small shift:
“What did we learn?” over “What did we finish?”
“What surprised us?” in reviews.
Treat metrics as questions, not answers. #Sensemaking #Development
Everyone's role changes too.
Less about driving pace.
More about building shared understanding.
Connecting dots.
Challenging assumptions.
Surfacing tensions. #Sensemaking #Development
This isn’t anti-velocity.
It’s putting velocity in its place:
a byproduct of understanding, not the goal itself. #Sensemaking #Development
When teams shift toward sensemaking:
Conversations get deeper
Retros become meaningful
Metrics become signals, not targets
Decisions improve. #Sensemaking #Development
Velocity optimizes for certainty.
Sensemaking embraces ambiguity.
And in complex environments, ambiguity isn’t a bug; it’s the reality. #Sensemaking #Development
Teams focused on velocity ask:
“How much did we complete?”
Teams focused on sensemaking ask:
“What did we discover?”
“What surprised us?”
“What does this mean now?” #Sensemaking #Development