Technology will continue to evolve and take repetitive tasks away from humans. This was highlighted on a call with a sales person recently. They were demoing a finance software. Every question was met with: It does that automatically. You don’t have to do a thing. The system does it for you. No, trending analysis is… Read More

I’m running in a 50+ mile race in September. It will be the hardest thing, both physically and mentally, I have ever done. Race start is at 5:15AM and on average takes over 12 hours to complete. There is 25,000 feet of elevation change and a number of rivers to cross and mud to trudge… Read More

A peer of mine (who wishes to remain anonymous) has been a Scrum Master for a number of years and previously worked at a company that valued organizational agility and agile methods. Unfortunately, her role ended but was able to find another position with a company that has been wanting to be “agile” for some… Read More

That’s right, we’re not supposed to talk about death, even when talking about projects! But let’s be honest, some projects are destined to fail. Some are destined never to even start. So why is it then, when we have an initiative “coming off the rails” or the market suddenly shifts, there seems to be a… Read More

One week out from my first half marathon of the season, I was on my last long training run of 10+ miles. The weather was almost perfect with cool temps and no wind. I was ticking off the miles when I suddenly felt a slight twinge in my calf. At first I brushed it off,… Read More

“Yeah, But…” You know the person I’m talking about. Everything you say gets a response starting with, “Yeah, but… that’s not gonna work… we’ve never done it that way before… we’ve always done it this way… that’s dumb. Here’s the smarter idea… They’re never satisfied with what you say. They rarely have ideas and when… Read More