Here’s what there is to know about unhappy stakeholders. They are capable of being happy. In fact, they WANT to be happy. They’re not being unhappy to…
Jim* made Susan cry yesterday. In nursery school, this is normal and expected. However, I work with adults in IT, not three-year-olds in nursery school. Jim and Susan are…
I’ve been thinking about power lately. Power over, empowerment, power to. Abuses of power, power held lightly, power balanced with love by skilled leaders. One of the…
Conflict and “stormy weather” describes one team I’ve been serving lately as Agile Coach. Their PO and Scrum Master quit, and I’m filling in temporarily for those…
I’m having the proverbial awake-in-the-middle-of-the-night and worrying-about-work-tomorrow kind of night. These days I’m working with the team in trouble. They seem on the verge of giving up…
I recently asked about 15 people I work with and have worked with in the past to write 360 reviews of me. It’s with the product through…