by Mike Edwards | Jan 19, 2016 | Agile, Behaviour, Leadership, The Leadership Gift
I’m a fan of Steve Harvey. I love his authenticity, sense of humility and his ability to connect with people. Sure he’s paid to do that, but I know lots who are and don’t do it. If you don’t know Steve he’s the host of the game...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 12, 2016 | Agile, Change, Leadership, People, The Leadership Gift
Please let me start by giving you little insight into my career. I have never held a job for more than five years. I have never been fired but was ‘down-sized’ out of a company once which closed it’s doors shortly afterward. I know I’ve always...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 7, 2016 | Agile, Change, Leadership
For some reason I’ve had a lot of conversations lately about whether change is possible in very large organizations. It doesn’t matter whether it’s private corporations or government the discussion is generally the same. There’s a lot of...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 5, 2016 | Agile, Change, Leadership, The Leadership Gift
For the past two years I have been tossing around what it means to deliver value. My definition of value was rocked when our family dog Hunter died in 2013. I was out of town and WestJet got me home in an incredibly short period of time (you can read more here). It...
by Mike Edwards | Dec 29, 2015 | Agile, The Leadership Gift
The Christmas celebrations are over for another year. We’re approaching 2016 and we’re heading up north to spend New Years with our best friends (more like family) at their cottage. Recently I was working through what I want for 2016 as there’s so much happening...
by Mike Edwards | Dec 26, 2015 | Agile, Leadership
Over the past number of months I’ve led a number of workshops on Agile Software Development. For me it’s really not about Agile as that topic is over done. In other words, there are plenty of really good courses that will teach you the basics of Agile. For...
