by Mike Edwards | Nov 17, 2012 | Behaviour, People, Responsibility
Think your personal satisfaction doesn’t matter? Think again! I’ve been amazed many times when I meet people who hate their current job. It might be the culture, or the nature of work, or the people around them. Regardless of the reason underlying their feelings...
by Mike Edwards | Nov 3, 2012 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, People, Project Management
Words. Sometimes they have little meaning … like a job title. Other times they have deeper meanings as they’re an indication of behaviours. When someone first corrected me to say I shouldn’t be calling “people” “resources” I just thought he was being...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 16, 2012 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, Project Management, Scope
Did you ever find yourself on a project which is going bad? There are numerous ways teams and organizations react to project problems. One of the more destructive types I’ve seen is to move to become time driven at all costs. When time boxing is handled effectively...
by Mike Edwards | Jun 24, 2012 | Agile, Behaviour, People
Agile Coach Camp Canada 2012 in Ottawa, ON was a great experience! I’m not at all surprised by this as it’s all about the people! At the Camp I hosted a session on personality types. We took the discussion outside to the ZenGarden which is ironic given the...