Moving a team to Agile can have benefits- if your organization has committed to moving their methodology to an Agile based (Scrum, Kanban, XP, FDD,…
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Short Story for Halloween
Many of you know I have a dog I’m totally infatuated with- and we seem to be perfectly paired. Here’s something I don’t tell people…
2016 – Another update on my life
It’s been a year a half since my last update, and I wanted to catch everyone up. I’ve moved again- this time probably for good….
The Models of Resourcing for High Skill Environments
The relationship between resourcing and operation in high skill environments (i.e: Software, engineering, accountants, consultants, etc…) is a topic that keeps project managers up late…
Encouraging Creativity in your team
When you’re running a intellectual based production service (read: consultancy, software development, design, accountancy, etc…) the tug of war between getting it done quickly and…
Lessons in Management: The Travel Agency Customer Experience
My girlfriend and I booked a trip to a sunny beach vacation paradise for next month. This morning, I got an email from the company…
Social Media Diet
At one point, I was on a Social Media binge. I defended it as part of my job (which probably wasn’t that far from the…
So… people actually read this blog
An interesting thing happened to me today on a conference call. I was in a weekly update call with one of my favorite clients at…
Running Myself Crazy
This has been an especially brutal winter. Polar Vortexes, and frigid winds that chill me to the bone have accomplished what no winter before has…
What I think of Rob Ford
This post will discuss the length of my opinion on municipal politics, and pretty much my opinion of it as well. It’s not centralized to…