Powerful Questions and Powerful Requests
Finally, the last in my series of visual notes from Agile 2009. Not my best, but I wanted to share my thoughts about the session. Read More
Visual Notes and MindMapping Supplies
Someone was asking what tools I use to create the visual notes and mind maps. Perhaps the most important is to trust myself that whatever I am drawing is OK and will communicate ideas better than plain text.Read More
SMART goals may not be that smart
I just blogged about Daniel Pink’s case around intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. This is a good lead-in for why SMART goals may be damaging to your organization.Read More
Taking Responsibility to Learn and Grow
Christopher Avery gave a very interesting talk at Agile 2009 called How to Develop Your Leadership Power Daily: An Agile Approach to Growth. It was a very interesting talk about personal responsibility and how to grow – hence the title of this blog post.Read More
Agile 2009 Mind Maps and Visual Note Taking
I have some really cool mind maps and visual notes from Agile 2009.Read More
Use Desk Flags to protect your Pomodoro
A bunch of the folks I am working with now have started to use the Pomodoro Technique. This is really cool and a great way to boost productivity.
“Crucial Conversations” helps in tough situations
“Crucial Conversations” was my book of the year a few years ago for a good reason. It helped me with some very difficult conversations at work and at home.Read More
