by Mike Edwards | Mar 1, 2014 | Agile, People
by Mike Edwards | Dec 19, 2013 | Behaviour, People
In March when I was flying to Germany for a conference I had a middle seat on the plane. When they instructed us to shut off our phones, the lady next to me proceeded to shut off all four of her phones (no that is not a typo … four) Thankfully she couldn’t...
by Mike Edwards | Nov 28, 2013 | Customer, People
Last week I was in Ottawa for the Gatineau-Ottawa Agile Tour (check out my next blog post). I was sitting in my hotel room in downtown Ottawa at 7am when I received a call from my family. Hunter, our 7 year old Golden Retriever had just unexpectedly died. Our...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 31, 2013 | Behaviour, People
I’m an extrovert. Well so I’ve been told and always believed. I married an introvert and after 25 years I am happy to report we’re still very much in love. When I compare my personality to her I’ve always believed I am an extrovert. I have no...
by Mike Edwards | Sep 26, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Responsibility, Risk
Yesterday I saw a link in my twitter stream which caught my interest Apple Maps flaw results in drivers crossing airport runway. The mapping product would actually route you across taxiways and an active runway (see image in the BBC article). Using Google Street view...
by Mike Edwards | Sep 11, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Project Management
After 9/11 George W. Bush told the media he saw the first of the twin towers being hit by an airplane live on TV. The truth is the video of the first crash didn’t emerge until almost 12 hours later. Hillary Clinton recalls a visit to Bosnia in which she was...
