Happy Friday!It seems like for the past few weeks it has been raining non-stop where I am. I don't mind the rain, but it keeps me from checking on my bees which I don't care for.Also, for the past few weeks, maybe months, it seems that most of my tim...

Happy Friday!As I step back a moment and look at the trends in software products over the decade or so I've been at this there are a few things that have more or less remained constant.Expectations only increaseCapabilities don'tWhat I mean is one go...

Happy Friday the 13th!I was thinking about a conversation I was having about when groups do re-orgs and some articles people shared that they liked when I started thinking of all the re-orgs I've been through or helped with.Its more than I care to ad...

Happy Friday!I sat down at my computer this morning wondering what I'd write about today and a conversation I had with a senior leader came into my head that I'm going to share a bit about.We were talking about ideas and issues and one of the people...

Happy Friday!I was working with a client and over the few months we worked together the teams went through a fairly rapid set of changes. When the dust settled, they started improving through retrospectives.For a while at least.They ultimately experi...

Happy Friday!Hope you're doing well today. I wanted to write about a fairly specific communication technique I developed over the years.I don't have a clever name for it, but it is effective at quickly explaining an idea and getting past a lot of obj...

Happy Friday!April is such an interesting month. Weather changes for a lot of us, allergies begin to make our lives miserable, school is wrapping up, and taxes are due. It's a month full of transitions.I hope that's all going well for you.Speaking of...

Happy Friday,A big thanks to those of you who emailed me with encouragement and shared my excitement about bees! They're happy and healthy. I was freaking out the first time, being the proud dad of ~20,000 new kids can do that.Especially since it sno...

Happy Friday!First, I want to share some fairly exciting personal news. In 2013 my wife gave me a gift that was to take beekeeping classes. I've always been fascinated by bees, so this class was wonderful.Sadly, I never got to apply that knowledge.Un...

Happy Friday!This newsletter is going to be a bit different from than the ones I typically write. Instead of writing about a particular topic, I'm going to share a few links and resources that might be interesting for you.It was either that or write...