As the battle between waterfall and agile rages on, organizations continue modify their approach to software development. Very few move directly to a pure agile approach. Instead, they pilot agile processes, create project selection criteria for agile projects, they...
How many tasks can you handle at one time, successfully? The truth, based on research, ONE. Yep, that’s it. Our brains are not meant to do more than one mental task at a time. But wait, I can participate in a conference call while checking e-mails, updating...
How would you “caricaturize” your organization? We’ve all been to a fair or festival and watched caricature artists draw distorted people with giant cartoon-like heads and exaggerated features. If you made a caricature of your organization, what would it look like?...
Brainstorming is the key to creativity, but why do some people dread brainstorming sessions? Every few months I come across an article that claims brainstorming is a pointless, waste of time. But if you read the articles, they are really saying that brainstorming done...
In December, we get bombarded by year-end lists–the best albums, movies, books, TV shows of 2013. We love trends. We want to know what’s popular. We want to evaluate the lists…agree or disagree with the rankings. So, I am jumping on the...
