Post on LinkedIn about certification
I had me a bit of a rant. Check it out: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-you-know-any-certified-zombies-andrew-webster
“Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions!” ORLY?
Thoughtful parable from Johanna Rothman on the feeble manager’s fall-back “Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions”.
Ah, yes, Mindset.
So, last time, I blathered on about The History of the World in Three Minutes. The most important point, and I hope this was clear, was the the Industrial Revolution…
Forthcoming attractions!
Ok, I’ve been nudged back into blogging action by my recent contact with the Agile community in the Bay Area (San Francisco if you’re looking at a globe). Here are…
Oh, the team will find that too hard….
<rant> I need to blow off a little steam. There's a habit that I see around me all too often. We propose a process improvement, and it requires the use…
Calendar scheduling versus to-do scheduling. “Clock time” versus “event time”.
David Allen (the Getting Things Done guy) discusses lists versus calendars in his latest email/blog post. This relates to a point raised in a book I've just finished reading Wait:…
Agile in Government! Really?
Apparently so. Who knew that that dear old Circumlocution Office had it in them. Check this out. Shame it’s back in dear old Blighty, as I’ve a feeling that the…
Why did you post about that?
I was asked the other day why I’d posted on this blog about the apparent war between science and religion. What did that have to do with it all? Well,…
More thoughts on Estimation
Poking around the interwebs asking “Do you speak Agile?” I found this remarkable post: Magic Estimation. I thought Planning Poker was the most efficient way to have those doing the…
Science v Religion? Or or And? Either or both?
It saddens me to see so much argument, especially on the stream-of-consciousness world of Facebook, about Science being right. Or Religion being RIGHT! No! YES! NO! You smell anyhow….!!!! Grrrr………