Mark StringerSuccession and SuccessFor the last couple of weeks I’ve been talking in YouTube videos and using ecological metaphors — such as swamps.2 min read·Mar 14, 2021----
Mark StringerWhat 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…3 min read·Oct 25, 2020----
Mark StringerLittle AcornsCustomer Charlie is a product manager at the Alternative Cake Company.7 min read·Aug 9, 2020----
Mark StringerDancing (on the wrong side) of the finishing lineHere’s a weird contradiction. But I’ve noticed it more than once.3 min read·Jul 28, 2020----
Mark StringerSooner 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.3 min read·Jul 27, 2020----
Mark StringerRemain 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…4 min read·Jul 26, 2020----
Mark StringerAnd 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.3 min read·Jul 22, 2020----
Mark StringerStaring at the SunA lot of what I’ve been writing over the last four weeks or so has been about trying to identify contradictions.3 min read·Jul 21, 2020----
Mark StringerWhat 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…4 min read·Jul 19, 2020----