Say I told you so

It is tax time in the United States.  It is an annual ritual where you spend a few hours filling out paperwork to determine if you will receive a refund or owe the

The Two Olive Paradox

I have worked in the business world for over twenty-five years.  When I left college, I hoped that I would work with grown-ups who would do the right thing.  Experience has crushed those

The darkness of a scrum master

The biggest challenges of a scrum master are personal challenges.  These emotions well up inside while you are doing your job.  It is confronting personal failure and the shortcomings of others. This week,

Globalization and a scrum master

Chicago in January, is an exercise in mental toughness.  I am sitting at my desk very early in the morning and it is single digits in Fahrenheit and deep in the negative in