THAT Project

This is another confession and another apology. I cast that stone many times. Not openly. No, much more subtle. Well trained in the refined behaviours of (corporate) politics. It’s hardly an excuse that almost everybody does it. Almost regardless of rank and title. That deteriorating project I am talking about…

The perils of the super-collaboration paradigm

The current fad in the way of working together is “super-collaboration”. Everything and everyone is expected to connect to everything and everybody else. Excessive mail-distribution lists have been the early beginnings (well, that was another age). Today it’s collaboration platforms, (misunderstood) “chapters”, open plan office setups and — most of…

Your becoming agile 3×3

Here are three things I think you should think about when thinking about agile: three reasons why to become agile, three delusions about agile and three steps on your way to becoming agile. Becoming agile is a business imperative There has often been a lot of soft talk about agile.…