Heart of Agile Conference

Heart of Agile Conference

At the Heart of Agile Conference, people were asked to reflect on several questions. This is the one I chose....
Feeling Insecure? It’s Not all in your Head

Feeling Insecure? It’s Not all in your Head

If you feel insecure online from time to time, it’s not all in your head, and it’s not necessarily your fault. A few days ago, it was discovered that a hacker attack from 4 years ago is still reverberating today. It appears that emails and passwords were...
Paying the Price for Packaging

Paying the Price for Packaging

Packaging, or branding, is all the rage. We live in an interconnected world. Nowhere is that more abundantly clear than when we encounter a common catastrophe, a single point of failure. Latest case in point: the “voluntary” recall by a food producer of...
Big Apple Scrum Day 2016

Big Apple Scrum Day 2016

Agile Superheros, everywhere, at Big Appe Scrum Day 2016! From the caped volunteers, to the zingers in keynotes and presentations, as well as the exercises to foster conversations and competitions, it was easy to come away from BASD2016 feeling like a superhero....
Cut the Culture Crap

Cut the Culture Crap

There is a pervasive meme about creating a culture of fill-in-the-blank. It makes people feel good, but in the end, it is all crap. Pardon my frustration, but I bet that you will agree with me. Evidence #1. When certain large companies gobble up smaller players in...