Archives March 2023

It depends on the work. Sometimes people have to really be tight like a rock band, sometimes more freelance like the horns in an orchestra.

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Our experience is that there are a few keys to unlock managers, so that they are open to change how they manage.

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When the expectation and authority to speak is proportional to someone’s position in the power hierarchy, everybody loses.

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It’s not all up to government to regulate the tech sector.
It’s up to us in tech as well.

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This article is interesting “Beware the Pitfalls of Agility”. Not because I agree with it – I don’t – but for what it reveals.

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I’ve seen the full range of individuals in the Big Consultancies. E.g. Deloitte do some lovely work in Wellington.

That doesn’t change the problem with the fundamental model of every BigC:

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I don’t think Agile software development will ever be “fixed”. It is what it is, it’s in the wild, distributed across millions of people in a  hundred countries.

Just as Agile swept the IT world, and then the business world, something else will come along to displace it. There will be a seminal event, a core group, and a new concept that doesn’t just capture but also ignites the zeitgeist.

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It is tempting to want to simplify systems of work. It is also risky and costly.

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This is a useful resource for one of the primary issues when creating a psychologically safe workplace: bullying.

The only thing I’d change is the messaging

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We must stop holding people to commitments and measuring them on meeting them.

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