I don't think you can 'enforce' this, otherwise you create a grade school scenario where people show up only because they have to, not to learn.
In our industry, knowledge directly correlates to pay. Emphasize to your peers that the company is paying them to make themselves more valuable.
We have a Saw Time charter on Confluence that states: Is this time guaranteed? : Outside of actively resolving a Sev1 or Sev2 ticket, individuals will not to be pressured to work on his/her day-to-day tasks during Saw Time. And managers agree to this statement? Yes. {insert manager names} all agree and in fact encourage you to take advantage of this time.
We are trying to imbed this as apart of our engineering culture.
Tech leads / seniors need to set the example by doing, not just saying
The standup after Saw Time, individuals are encouraged to briefly share what they did. For example, "Yesterday I practiced the bowling kata and wrote a blog post about Saw Time" (true story).
ASK someone, hey what did you do for Saw Time? IF the answer is 'I couldn't because of sprint commitments', pull out the "5 Whys" until you get to the root... ELSE honestly listen to the items they talk about
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I don't think you can 'enforce' this, otherwise you create a grade school scenario where people show up only because they have to, not to learn.
In our industry, knowledge directly correlates to pay. Emphasize to your peers that the company is paying them to make themselves more valuable.
We have a Saw Time charter on Confluence that states:
Is this time guaranteed? : Outside of actively resolving a Sev1 or Sev2 ticket, individuals will not to be pressured to work on his/her day-to-day tasks during Saw Time.
And managers agree to this statement? Yes. {insert manager names} all agree and in fact encourage you to take advantage of this time.
We are trying to imbed this as apart of our engineering culture.