Guru

Role Attribute

Guru

The Guru helps a Crew, Forum, or Base with solicited and unsolicited advice as a consultant, mentor, or counselor.

Role Attributes:

Chief • Captain • Chair • Enabler • Scribe • Envoy • Agent • Guide • Producer • Director • Guru • Creator • Performer • Maven • Custodian • Inspector • (custom)

Purpose

The Guru helps people get up to speed, producing more value.

The Guru advises a team on tools, technologies, and domain-specific knowledge.

Notes

The Guru helps the team and individuals improve their skills and expertise.

A Guru is not the same as a Maven. The Guru offers their expertise internally to the team (like a consultant). The Maven offers their expertise to the user/customer outside the team as part of their value offering.

These people who play Guru might collaborate on a Forum (of their expertise) or form their own Capability Crew. When they join another team (maybe temporarily), they could act as a Guru.

Rules / Constraints

  • There can be multiple Gurus, possibly with different areas of expertise.

Chief
Agent
Performer
Captain
Guide
Maven
Chair
Producer
Custodian
Enabler
Director
Inspector
Scribe
Guru
Custom
Envoy
Creator
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