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Intellectual honesty for sustainable progress

17 May 2022 · Leave a comment ·

A short time ago I wrote that productive conversations come from intellectual honesty and engaging positively. But intellectual honesty is important for organisational culture, too. Without this things can go … Continue reading Intellectual honesty for sustainable progress

The value of presentational details

10 May 2022 · Leave a comment ·

This week I was writing a business case, and for a moment caught myself wondering why I was spending so much time fiddling around with the paragraph spacing. But very … Continue reading The value of presentational details

Three financial benefits of time-saving investments

3 May 2022 · 2 Comments ·

When we want to make a time-saving investment we often have to create a formal business justification. When I say “time-saving investment” I’m thinking about addressing tech debt, buying and … Continue reading Three financial benefits of time-saving investments

Ask the people impacted

26 April 2022 · Leave a comment ·

Fairly early in my career I needed to make a change in my team—I needed to make a couple of people line managers, because the number of direct reports I … Continue reading Ask the people impacted

Keeping ideas open

19 April 2022 ·

Most people I know want to improve things, and many have ideas about how to do that. In presenting these ideas it’s easy to become possessive of them, however, and … Continue reading Keeping ideas open

Owning cyber risk

12 April 2022 ·

Some time ago I got talking to a colleague about “ownership” of risks. Now I don’t like the idea of a risk as a tangible thing that can be counted … Continue reading Owning cyber risk

Never say never

5 April 2022 ·

The other day I was talking to a friend about the pandemic (some topics are evergreen), and we were marvelling how, up until then, so many organisations were adamant that … Continue reading Never say never

Choosing between people and technology skills

29 March 2022 ·

Great people can compensate for poor technology, but great technology can’t fix poor people. Great people can work round, improve and replace poor technology. Great technology just sits there being … Continue reading Choosing between people and technology skills

Agile writing

22 March 2022 ·

I only write software recreationally, but I write documents as part of my professional work. This can be time-consuming—too much so—and I’ve often thought about “agile writing”. If such a … Continue reading Agile writing

Product teams, feature teams, and responsibility

15 March 2022 ·

Marty Cagan introduced the distinction between feature teams and product teams, and over the last few months I’ve had quite a few conversations with people about this—how their teams compare, … Continue reading Product teams, feature teams, and responsibility

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