So I’m from Germany but I live in Korea. And especially in the beginning when I arrived here as a agile coach for a big automotive supplier company where I was supposed to teach them the new processes and so on it was terrifying.

I would do a presentation of something and then my expectation was that we would talk about parts of it and there would be follow up questions about details, etc. but more often than not there was just silence. And that would eat me up inside to a degree where some times I would complain about it and just cut the meetings short.

Over time I realized that they are comfortable sitting and thinking about what I showed them.

But it’s still difficult for me :D

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Are you sure they are comfortable just sitting? Agile is extreamly dysfunctional in most companies… When I was in agile meetings at some previous jobs, I just zoned out too. Listened to music. :)

    Now I’m at a company without any agile practices and it’s fucking amazing. It’s exactly like when working on projects in university. Don’t need any agile coaches. Just work and talk to manager directly about progress. It’s just so good.

    We have no standups, almost no meetings. Just focused work and lots of funny chats during the day. People are happy and content.

    For me, working without agile has been a game changer. I’m never going back to that. Now I’m happy again.

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
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    21 days ago

    UK should be in there twice. Londoners on the tube during evening rush hour are extremely comfortable with silence.

    • folkrav@lemmy.caEnglish
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      24 days ago

      This made me wonder… What “silence” are we talking about here? “Not talking” or “no noise”?

  • gazter@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    24 days ago

    If comfortable with noise was also charted, Japan would top that list as well.

    I’ve never experienced such auditory and visual assault as I have there. The busy visitor centre for a national park had a door that chimed when it opened, a little doodad that sung a tinny electronic song every thirty seconds, two televisions with different audio tracks playing about the various peaceful natural wonders you’re about to experience, a vending machine that had a little ditty it would chirp out, the toilet spoke to you, saying what I can only assume to be was “Hello! Thank you for choosing me to take care of you today! I hope you had a good shit! Have a good day!”.

    • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netOPEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Oh you’re right similar in Korea, Taxis have a navigation which speaks constantly, they have the radio or TV on and they are on the phone at the same time.