So, I recently blogged about my new "No Quotes" policy at Three Wise Men, and I've blogged in the past about the perils of software…
Starting Tuesday, I will no longer issue quotes for software development. I've been doing a lot of thinking about our Software Development…
Any organization who wants to survive needs to realize that they need to implement some level of Continuous Improvement. This is a concept…
Introduction So, I haven't told a lot of people about this. Truly, it has taken me a year to learn what I know now, and my journey isn't…
This past weekend I was at the Software Craftsmanship North America conference (SCNA) hosted by 8th Light in Chicago. This is a wonderful…
When I was growing up, I didn't have a lot of friends. I had a small circle of friends in high school, and through this small circle of…
Lately, I’ve been exposed to some commercial coaching practices that push the idea of “likability”, they seem to imply that if you develop…
In 1909, Frederick Taylor published a paper entitled The Principles of Scientific Management. At this time in history, things got made by…
I was talking with a colleague today about how GenAI is rewriting all our playbooks. Not just the technical ones—the organizational ones too…
I got reminded of Russell Ackoff's problem treatments this week, and my brain immediately went to Office Space . You know the scene. The…
There's another scene in Office Space that doesn't get quoted as often as the TPS reports or the red stapler. The Bobs are interviewing Tom…
Peter forgot the cover sheet on his TPS report. If you've seen Office Space , you know what happens next. His boss, Bill Lumbergh, swings…