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Gumption Traps


Organiser(s): RachelDavies, IvanMoore

Session duration: 90 minutes

Session type: interactive presentation

Intended Audience: software developers, project managers, coaches

Presentation language: English


Session Description

Software development is comparable to motorcycle maintenance in some ways. In "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Robert Pirsig describes gumption traps; things that sap motivation, such as not having the correct tools.

In this workshop, the participants identify gumption traps and provide some suggestions for how to avoid or combat them.

This session is for software developers, managers and coaches who would like to avoid gumptions traps for themselves and their teams.