Thoughts

What if everything?

The agile manifesto: what if everything brings value? Agile BOSSA nova: what if everything is connected? Agile Fluency: what if your team is on a bus ride? Cargo Cult: what if everything only looks right? Christopher Avery: what if everyone is responsible? Cynefin: what if everything is complex? Cynefin (2): what if everything is sense making? DSDM: what if everything is a business need? DDD:... Read more >

Books on racism (and sexism) …

For me 2020 that made it very visible for everyone that we live in a structural racist world, that puts non-white people at a disadvantage. yes, I had non-white friends my whole life, with some of which I witnessed and discussed the racism they encountered. Yet I'm also very much aware that I was still living a very lucky and privileged life. Although we were... Read more >

Books on retrospective

Regular readers of my blog, they know I consider retrospectives a core aspect of any team. I'm convinced that not everything in the agile world, works in all worlds, I have yet to find a team that does not benefit from doing a retrospective. Over the years, we have seen a lot of book and resources for retrospectives. Today I realized that although I have... Read more >

Interview kanban: Prioritized discussing topics.

A few days ago my twitter friend Jason Gorman tweeted : It made me think about the interviewing process. One of the stories I heard growing up, is that my father did not like to do job interviews. As a result he only worked at a few places. So when I started to work, I told myself: I want to like job interviews and I... Read more >