April 4, 2022
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t, that is why they are called ideas. You can try them out and sometimes they will work successfully, other times they will blow up in your face and leave a mark on your face. But if you never try to put them into practice, to make something real of them, they will always be just that – an idea. And I think we need something more.
April 2, 2022
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t feel this way. And then they are forced to stop and they wonder to themselves – “What was I falling behind again?” And then we reset, and we are good for a while until we once again say to ourselves – “I’m falling behind.” Cue the stoppage.
March 29, 2022
Agile is famous for saying – “everyone owns the system” – but that’s not true, because not everyone wants to own a delivery system. Project to project, I don’t want to lead everything, sometimes I want to come in and deliver, work through coding problems, test, and move on. I don’t need to lead the project, I simply need to do my part and take the lead from others. But in every system, what makes it work, is who does what, who runs what, who specializes in what, and what are the goals for the team. Not everyone can run
March 25, 2022
It’s a tough question to ask of yourself because it can only be answered by yourself. But once you ask it, you know what you do and don’t bring. And what you don’t bring becomes the plan for you to figure out how to get there.
March 22, 2022
Everyone wants to play in the big game. We spend all our time working up towards it, focused on it, moving forward toward it, and becoming something from it. We put so much into that big meeting that we feel as though everything is based on it and nothing else will matter. And then it’s over. And we start again.
