Category: Productivity
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Why you should build equity…in yourself
Every second you spend sharing your expertise you’re building equity in yourself and laying the foundation to becoming Forever Employable.
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The Work
There’s so much more to product development than writing code. Here is what The Work consists of and why you…
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Why your scrum team needs a dedicated designer
Scrum teams fail without dedicated designers. Here’s why.
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SAFe is Not Agile
SAFe – the scaled agile framework – attempts to bring agility and scrum to large enterprises. In my experience, it…
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Humility is the key to agile culture
Humility is the key to leading and building agile teams and organizations. Here’s why.
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How to get executive buy-in for Agile using two popular product development approaches
One of the most common complaints from teams going through an agile transformation is that their bosses don’t get it.…
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There are no victims in an agile transformation
Leading with negativity — as a victim of your agile transformation — is a sure fire recipe for it failing.
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OKR anti-pattern: reverse engineering key results to match your backlog
I work with teams around the world every day helping them implement objectives and key results. I’ve written about OKR…
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10 fun web-based timers for your next agile zoom collaboration
One of the most powerful agile tactics is timeboxing. With remote teams it’s hard to coordinate time keeping. These 10…
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Hiring and retention is not HR’s responsibility. It’s yours.
It’s easy to blame HR for your team’s shortfalls. In the end though, it’s your fault and responsibilty.