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A House for Hermit Crab
One of the wonderful things about being a parent is all of the children’s books you get to read. I never fail to be amazed at the simplicity, grace, and sheer storytelling genius that I find in many...
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My Personal Andon Cord
Have you heard of an Andon Cord? On the assembly line it’s that cord you yank on to stop the entire line when a problem is found. The idea is to stop everything until the problem you encountered is...
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Different Roots, Same Tree
Recently, at conferences, in social media, and even informal gatherings, I’ve heard statements along the lines of “[X] scaling approach is absolutely not agile for [Y] reason.” I use the word approach...
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Custom Hot Rod
One of my favorite cars that I ever owned was a 1967 Ford Falcon. I bought it for $600 when I was in college. It really wasn’t much of a car. It was a 2 door coupe built on the same frame as the...
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Why Mixins?
“Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say that you misunderstand the size of the problems we face, the strength...
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Building Up and Tearing Down
Recently I put on a public Leading SAFe training. This wasn’t your typical training, however. In collaboration with Ron Quartel, we tacked on an extra day to discuss FAST Agile. Now if SAFe is an...
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Where Do You Keep Your Risks?
I’ve got a question: Where do you keep your risks? If you’re doing a project of any significance you have risks, right? That just comes with the territory. Anything that is significantly challenging...
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Things I Love about Agile Management Northwest
Maybe it’s all the sticky notes and the heady odor of sharpies… The People – We attract an incredibly diverse audience. I’m not really sure why, but I love it. Lawyers, software geeks, musicians,...
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Be Vewy, Vewy, Quiet…
As a young man my father would take me deer hunting from time to time. Both of us tend to be walkers. We cover a lot of ground when we are hunting. It means walking for miles and miles every day in...
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The Post-it Note is Dead
The venerable Post-it. How I’ve loved thee… This pandemic is creating both short-term and long-term changes in the way we behave in groups. The most obvious change is that remote meetings from home...
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