It’s time to talk about your lifestyle, and what you’re doing to make sure you’re working towards it. Take some time aside from your busy activities. Let’s say thirty minutes, and begin ask yourself this question: You wake up in the morning sometime...

I try to focus my writing on presenting a situation or problem and a way to move forward from it. In this article, I'm going to only focus on the problematic beliefs I encounter in organizations and individuals. The entire point of this little articl...

The alarm goes off in the morning, and as usual, I begin my day by putting on my clothes. Now, I’ve been putting on my clothes for a long time, and I like to do things efficiently, so I put my clothes on in the following order: Shoes Socks Underwear...

So a lot of us are at home and adjusting while there is also much uncertainty in what the future holds. There’s a small idea that I want to offer as we get through these changes right now and in your career. Working From Home For everyone working fro...

I am working with someone who has a different working style than myself. I find it interesting to watch them work. They often ask how they they can be more effective in their communication. I gave some advice that I was also given about how I communi...

Today, Esther Derby wrote on Twitter: Mystery of the week: why do #mgrs hire ppl for thinking ability, then get upset when same ppl question mgmt dictates? I have my suspicions, but first I want to describe how I've come to think about this problem...

I am a big believer in system thinking. This can be pretty simply defined as believing that people are doing the best that they can, and that the system they are required to operate in is what dictates the results. Another way of looking at it is rea...

Scrum Masters are farmers whose seeds are employees and whose crops are people. Let me give a quick explanation of this. Think about any time you have called customer service or support. I think, that psychologically you begin this interaction by loo...

Every software developer and engineer I've ever worked with, myself included, has remarked at how romantic it is to do yard work. We remember fondly how our bodies felt tired and satisfied after a hard day of labor, and how when the task was done we...

I’ve found myself in the past 2-3 weeks, well, unlike myself. I realized that who I am now is a lot more like the person I used to be, and I have been thinking about how I’ll move past it. One part of that is the idea of creating a stance. Years ago,...