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A common characteristic among exceptionally creative and innovative people is that they read outside their central field of expertise. Many of the solu…
Gregory Engel
Apr 14CommentShare
Building the tools you need to develop a skill will also deepen your understanding of that skill.
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Very good article from Margaret Heffernan, "It’s Finally Time to Retire ‘Good to Great’ From the Leadership Canon." This quote stands out: Collins insi…
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Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage. Agile Manifesto Princ…
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Agile? What the hell?This is not familiar!Stand up. Now step two.
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Somewhere along the path of studying Aikido for 25 years I found a useful perspective on the art that applies to a lot of skills in life. Aikido is eas…
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What comes to mind when you think of the word "waste?" I'd wager a ten spot it wasn't something pleasant. Rather, something to be pushed to the curb, r…
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Scrum mastering remote teams demands an extra set of skills than those required for co-located teams. The non-verbal cues we've learned growing up and …
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Once Upon a Time on the World Wide Web, before Google arrived and established a self-fulfilling prophecy as their motto, "Don't be Evil," you could ask…
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Every once and a while I have to work with someone who has the idea that productivity would increase if we had teams that floated from project to proje…
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Conceptually, the idea of a minimum viable product (MVP) is easy to grasp. Early in a project, it's a deliverable that reflects some semblance to the f…
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The dialog about the value of daily scrum meetings is as vigorous as ever. I hope it never gets settled. That's because I frequently argue both sides. …
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