Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while probably know that in 2015 I began an experiment. After a couple of years of writing mostly about Agile software development and my role as a product owner I wanted to broaden the set of topics i write about. There are plenty of… Continue reading Refocusing this blog
This week’s leadership post is really just a recommendation of a great resource. This is in part because of the week I have been having which has kept me from writing something longer. But it is also because I regularly enjoy the articles from this source. If you’ve not reading http://www.strategy-business.com/ I encourage you to start. … Continue reading Recommended reading
Today’s question brought to you by the 1980s, and especially by a band I listened to a lot in those days, Simple Minds. If you really listen to there lyrics you’ll discover that in truth it’s not that simple. Enjoy: What you gonna do when things go wrong? What you gonna do when it all… Continue reading Simple-minded question
On the pop culture front, I started watching Black Mirror on Netflix this week. The first episode of season one was weird, twisted, and interesting. The second episode was weird, twisted, and unfortunately not so interesting. Anyone else watching this show? What do you think? Should I bother to keep watching it?
I’ve been writing and tweeting lately about leadership, change, culture and diversity and wanted to share a few more thoughts on this confluence of topics today. Hopefully this isn’t too abstract but sometimes trying to write frequently means that it will take several shorter posts to get at the heart of a topic that I… Continue reading Leading for change
How can you change the set of behaviors and habits that a couple, a family, or an organization has developed over time? How do you shift the mindset that thinks, “This is who we are and what we do,” when sticking with the old way of thinking won’t produce the new results you want? I’m… Continue reading How do you change a culture?
One of the things I am reading more of these days is other people’s blogs. I figure that if I want people to read my blog (and I do) then one way to encourage this is for me to read, comment on, ‘like’ and occasionally even repost the blogs of other people. I’ve shared a… Continue reading Reading blogs
The truth is I don’t listen to music all that often from my iPhone. I have a long commute (frequently over two hours in the car every work day) but I usually spend this time listening to audio books or podcasts. My job is fairly interactive and our office has a fully open floor plan… Continue reading Shuffle
The issue of how organizations benefit from embracing diversity and inclusion has come up in multiple ways this past week, including in an interesting article from a back issue of Scientific American that you can find here: http://bit.ly/1qLZR2E We talked about this issue in my company today as we discussed goals and objectives for 2015. This… Continue reading Diversity and Leadership
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