Building inclusive Agile teams: ending the pain of periods
summary
Survey of 200+ respondents finds menstrual issues affect work: 98% report some impact, pain is top and most severe for 40% and 60% took at least one day off in their career. Agile teams show lower comfort discussing periods — 3.5 vs 5 comfort score versus non-agile — despite better flexible hours and free products. Concrete fixes: menstrual leave and awareness training, bake variable capacity into planning with probabilistic forecasting, use status indicators and calendar gaps, and support cycle tracking (Clue, Flo anonymous mode, Balance).
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Inclusive Agile teams intro
- 1:46Workplace stigma on periods
- 6:19School lessons on menstruation
- 9:06Menstrual cycle science
- 13:39Menopause and conditions
- 17:54Periods research findings
- 21:48Pain and stigma effects
- 24:59Building inclusive teams
- 26:45Practical Agile inclusion steps
- 31:37Advocacy and cycle tracking
- 37:34Menstrual equity resources
- 39:40Takeaways and closing
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