Freedom

at the workplace

Cecilia Fernandes

@cecifernandes github.com/ceci

Raphael Molesim

@raphaelmolesim github.com/raphaelmolesim

1st of all

What isFreedom?

Examples

Scheduling of Courses

Decision Making

Architectures, Frameworks, Languages

Production Server for all!

Recruitment

Alcohol and games

Why?

Any advantages?

Human Resource Officer

What do top programmers really care aboutwhen looking for a job?

"Developers want to be (...)allowed to make decisions"

Joel Spolsky

50Thinkers 2011, 2013

Whatmotivates us?

Purpose

Autonomy

Maestry

Disclaimer

We are not talking about nice peopleor benevolent entrepreneurs

We are talking about productivity and recruitment

Both are talking about...

Autonomy

Independence

Freedom

Who works in a environment like that

?

Freedom rules!

Right?

What will the manager think?

They'll waste the dayon Facebook

They'll brush bitsinstead of doing work

I'll lose track ofwhat is hapenning

How will I report to my boss?

How to guarantee deadlines?

No one will be responsible(accountable?) for anything

They'll work 4h a day and leave

They won't know what to do!

Wait, wait!

Let's think them through!

First!

They will spend the whole day at Facebook

... says the Manager

Myth or Fact?

Assumption

"Workers will tend to do the amount of work that the slowest among them does"

Scientific Management

"Scientific management requires a high level of managerial control overemployee work practices"

Scientific Management

People are not reliable

You can't have a

transparent

workplace

You must

review/redo

everything

If this is your environment...

CONFIRMED

Wait..

Assumption

"Workers will tend to do the amount of work that the slowest among them does"

Scientific Management

?

"Taylor (...) acknowledged that if each employee's compensation was linked to their output

their productivity would go up"

Scientific Management

But...

"MIT studies show that, as long as the task involved used only mechanical skills,bonuses worked as expected"

Drive, Daniel Pink

"But once you get aboverudimentary congnitive skillsrewards don't work that way!"

Drive, Daniel Pink

People need money, but

most of us don't work for money

Our founders certainly didn't

Our companies inherited that

Also, remember...

"Scientific management requires a high level of managerial control overemployee work practices"

Scientific Management

And that'sexpensive!

Really expensive!

If you can't manage yourself

you are tooexpensive for me

So...

They will spend the whole day at Facebook?

BUSTED

Next topic!

We must

guarantee the deadlines

...says the manager

Assumption

Only managers can meetdeadlines

Taylor thought so too!

The higher one is at the hierarchy,

the more capable (s)he is!

If...

those who executearen't allowed toestimate?

Or, even if they do! If...

there are noconsequences

Or yet, If...

they do it for the manager, not the client

Will freedomhinder the ability

to meet deadlines?

If that is the case...

CONFIRMED

But...

is the assumption true?

Did the managers

you worked with

meet deadlines?

Chaos Report

The closer

the better

Let the team participate

Participation

==

power

+

accountability

In our cultures

Team makes the estimates

Notice: estimates, not deadlines!

Delegation?

De"let-go"tion

Team responsible

through happiness and sorrow

So... freedom hinders deadlines

BUSTED

Next!

Team will fire me

the first chance they get

...says the manager

Assumption

My job is at stake

Because I'm less necessary

Let's consider the assumption

Instinct

self-preservation

More freedom

=>

less control structures are needed

If managing

==

controlling

So... the manager job at risk

CONFIRMED

But...

Is the assumption true?

Can we get rid of the manager?

Managementis necessary

not micro-management

"Management istoo important to leave to themanagers"

Management 3.0

In our cultures...

We do have

facilitators, coaches...

Not managers

No one misses being told what to do

But they do miss facilitators and coaches

So... the manager job is at risk

CONFIRMED

Next!

Every developer wants freedom!

...says everyone

Assumption

Freedom has only up sides

Let's think about it...

If...

people have never worked under pressure

If...

people's works are independent

Then

CONFIRMED

In real world...

people depend on each other's work

In real world...

Interns

Are cool with freedom

In real world...

Seasoned hires

struggle with freedom

In our cultures...

Seasoned hires require more coaching

We lost some good people

who couldn't handle freedom

So...

Every developer wants freedom!

BUSTED

Next!

Freedom raises productivity

therefore, I'lldeliver more value

...the Manager won't say

Assumption

I need an environment that promote criativity in order to deliver more value with inovation and technical excellence

If...

you don't have deadline, budget and technical constraints

If...

you have an experienced team

If...

your client also has a senior team

CONFIRMED

Freedomrequiresmaturity

We've hadproblems with...

Gold plating

Never finishing anyth...

Noise

Too much noise

TAFT

Testing All the Fucking Time

Analisys Paralisys

Freedom raises productivity

therefore, I'lldeliver more value

BUSTED

Disclaimer

All opinions expressedare based on the speakers experiences

Not absolute truths

Disclaimer

Confirmed or busted

are context-sensitive

Giving freedom

requires some courage

and you'll face challenges

But...

it is still worth it!

Freedom in the workplace

walks hand in hand with

1

Waste reduction

2

Transfering accountability

3

Managementdecentralization

4

Letting go ofpast behaviors

5

Maturity development

Freedom

at the workplace

Cecilia Fernandes

@cecifernandes github.com/ceci

Raphael Molesim

@raphaelmolesim github.com/raphaelmolesim

Slides: http://cecifernandes.com/liberdade_no_trabalho

Freedom – at the workplace – 1st of all

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Freedom

at the workplace

Cecilia Fernandes

Raphael Molesim

1st of all

What isFreedom?

Examples

Scheduling of Courses

Decision Making

Architectures, Frameworks, Languages

Production Server for all!

Recruitment

Alcohol and games

Why?

Any advantages?

Human Resource Officer

What do top programmers really care aboutwhen looking for a job?

"Developers want to be (...)allowed to make decisions"

Joel Spolsky

50Thinkers 2011, 2013

Whatmotivates us?

Purpose

Autonomy

Maestry

Disclaimer

We are not talking about nice peopleor benevolent entrepreneurs

We are talking about productivity and recruitment

Both are talking about...

Autonomy

Independence

Freedom

Who works in a environment like that

?

Freedom rules!

Right?

What will the manager think?

They'll waste the dayon Facebook

They'll brush bitsinstead of doing work

I'll lose track ofwhat is hapenning

How will I report to my boss?

How to guarantee deadlines?

No one will be responsible(accountable?) for anything

They'll work 4h a day and leave

They won't know what to do!

Wait, wait!

Let's think them through!

First!

They will spend the whole day at Facebook

... says the Manager

Myth or Fact?

Assumption

"Workers will tend to do the amount of work that the slowest among them does"

Scientific Management

"Scientific management requires a high level of managerial control overemployee work practices"

Scientific Management

People are not reliable

You can't have a

transparent

workplace

You must

review/redo

everything

If this is your environment...

CONFIRMED

Wait..

Assumption

"Workers will tend to do the amount of work that the slowest among them does"

Scientific Management

?

"Taylor (...) acknowledged that if each employee's compensation was linked to their output

their productivity would go up"

Scientific Management

But...

"MIT studies show that, as long as the task involved used only mechanical skills,bonuses worked as expected"

Drive, Daniel Pink

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