Management

That middle tier of organizations ensures that people are working and that leadership is happy with the result. It has gotten a bad name over the last 30 years.

Understanding the people who hold your organization together.

Oct 21, 2024 3 min read Respect

How do companies treat the people who get things done? They are not very good because they must fit in with most corporate cultures. This week an essay on the glue which is taken for granted at organizations.

Through the looking glass regarding agile and the unwriten rules of work.

Sep 30, 2024 2 min read Leadership

How do you keep your head when the culture wants to cut it off? This week, I examine the "unwritten" rules of work.

The friction between Agile and PMBOK

Aug 19, 2024 4 min read Project Management

How do we ballance the needs of the PMBOK guide with Agile and practical matters of getting stuff done.

A scrum master walks into a PMP classroom...

Jul 22, 2024 4 min read Project Management

As a scrum master, I should be a square peg in a round hole in a PMP class. What I discovered was a different way of looking at projects.

Weathering the adversity

Jul 15, 2024 2 min read Struggle

Dealing with adversity is challenging, mainly when it is not your fault. This week, we see the current job market as helping to eliminate bad actors in the Agile business.