Let’s see if you can relate with me on this.
You spend an inordinate amount of time meticulously crafting your plan. Something unexpected hits your plan like a tornado and you’re left scrambling to stay on track. To avoid the impact of future disruptions, you spend equal amounts of time…
Bottom line up front — if you can’t take a month off without your business or team falling apart, you don’t have a business and you don’t have a team.
“If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things…
My kids learned early on that words matter.
They would ask something like, “can we go to some place?” My response was, “yes.” When they realized that we weren’t going anywhere, they learned that my response wasn’t agreement and their question wasn’t specific enough. They’d try something like, “can we…
There are countless articles on the reasons why digital and agile transformations fail, but here’s the problem no one is talking about — we live in an instant-gratification world that seeks to buy and implement our way to success.
If we’re being honest with ourselves, transformation success is an anomaly…
You are human-centered and customer-centric when it comes to managing your software products. You learned that requirements should come from listening to the customer and delivering what they want. Building relationships with your customers is the panacea of previously failed projects.
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they…
According to David Norton and Robert Kaplan, authors of The Balanced Scorecard, 90% of organizations fail to execute their strategies. There are many interrelated reasons for this failure rate — enough to write a book about. For a quick rundown, check out my blog on the topic.
One common problem…
I was once asked, “Has anyone ever made you mad?”
My response was a quick and easy, “Yes! People make me mad all the time.”
My mind raced through various scenarios where people pissed me off. In traffic. Why can’t anyone drive? In conversation. Why can’t others understand things the…
You know the adage, “if you’re not going to do it right, don’t do it at all.” I admit this perspective feels better than suggesting a thing worth doing is worth doing poorly. When would you ever want to do something poorly? I know I don’t.
You’re a leader. People…
Your software development teams are focused on delivering value and a strong return on investment (ROI). You have to. Gone are the days where you receive a budget without the expectation to validate the investment.
I see the daily struggle within information technology and software development organizations. …
People affirm your abilities, but you don’t believe you’re as amazing as they say. You have an extensive list of achievements, but you’d struggle to name just a few. Opportunities keep coming your way, but you don’t feel like the best person for the job. You don’t see yourself as…
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