Succession and SuccessFor the last couple of weeks I’ve been talking in YouTube videos and using ecological metaphors — such as swamps.Mar 14, 2021Mar 14, 2021
What do you do with the blockers you can’t remove (and the ones you don’t even know about)?In Scrum, you’re supposed to use the iterative process to identify blockers and impediments — things that are stopping the development…Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020
Little AcornsCustomer Charlie is a product manager at the Alternative Cake Company.Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Dancing (on the wrong side) of the finishing lineHere’s a weird contradiction. But I’ve noticed it more than once.Jul 28, 2020Jul 28, 2020
Sooner or later someone has to say “fuck it.”I’ve know this for years. But like a lot of contradictions, I’ve noticed it, avoided it, carried on as if I haven’t seen it.Jul 27, 2020Jul 27, 2020
Remain comfortable in the state of highest tensionIf you’ve embarked on this journey of managing projects, you might do well to read and re-read “Zen in the Art of Archery” by Eugen…Jul 26, 2020Jul 26, 2020
And breathe inNow that I’ve been trying to write every day for a month, I’ve come to realise something that should have been obvious.Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020
Staring at the SunA lot of what I’ve been writing over the last four weeks or so has been about trying to identify contradictions.Jul 21, 2020Jul 21, 2020
What software can’t eatI haven’t written anything for a while. OK, several days. The main reason is that, after writing a piece about how software can solve all…Jul 19, 2020Jul 19, 2020