Feeling all American!
Being an ugly American is acceptable because America gave the world, Transcendentalism, Pragmatism, and Agile. An independance day message of pride.
Stress
The by-product of work, adversity, and obstacles. Stress is a good thing in small, discrete doses, but in large, chronic batches, it is a killer.
Complexity is not cool.
The best thing we can do is keep things simple.
If it is not broken you still need to maintain it.
Another story of being penny wise and pound foolish.
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,
When the Mad Hatter gets sick and tired.
The work of a scrum master is full of details, stress, and strain. This week, it caught up with me, and I wound up in the hospital suffering from food poisoning and inflamed