Reversing Communication from the Ground Up with 3 Ups & 3 Downs protocol

I have always been curious about how to communicate better in organizations, the flow of information and the dynamics in the big companies used to be rigid and siloed.

I have been there: daily stand-ups that devolve into exhausting "rounds" where everyone repeats what they did yesterday, or leadership calls where everything looks perfect on paper while execution is on fire in the background.

I have been always thinking about how to iterate more, how to work on the doctrines (healthy habits in the groups you work with), and communications channels are a great way to promote them.

Traditional top-down communication?? no way

but, what if we flip the flow and build a bottom-up flow of information?

In this session, we will break down the "3 Ups & 3 Downs" protocol—something that exist in the agile community since years.

Let's talk about how to set up the rules; let's dive into real consequences of implementing it across teams.

### What We Will Explore:

• The Anatomy of the Protocol: How to structure daily wins (Ups) and actionable bottlenecks (Downs) without turning it into a venting session.
• First & Second-Degree Consequences: The psychological and cultural shifts that happen when teams are forced into peer-to-peer accountability.
• Tracer Dyes for Systemic Failures: How to spot when a "Down" in Team A is actually a symptom of an unrecognized dependency or a higher-level leadership blind spot.
• Navigating the Pitfalls: How to identify and kill "compliance theater" before teams start sandbagging or reporting trivial issues just to check a box.

For those interested in how to improve communications, let's have a conversation about it.