by Mike Edwards | Feb 19, 2013 | Behaviour, People
I just ran over to the grocery store to pick up a couple things. While there I took part in one of my favourite activities … making people around me uncomfortable. I’ve found it’s actually not hard to do when you’re standing in the checkout...
by Mike Edwards | Feb 13, 2013 | Behaviour, Lean, People, Project Management
In a couple weeks I’m heading over to Germany to speak at a conference. With any opportunity to visit a part of the world I take advantage to see the sights. In this case I will have a couple days to explore Berlin. I intend to visit many of the famous sites while...
by Mike Edwards | Jan 15, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, LeanPMO Model, People, Project Management
An organization will not deliver value to their customers without the people. I’m of course referring to the people we have on our teams such as architects, developers, testers, etc. I’m also referring to our customers as they are the people we work hard to...
by Mike Edwards | Nov 29, 2012 | Kanban, People
At Gatineau Ottawa Agile Tour 2012 I met a lot of great people (if you weren’t there you missed a GREAT event!). One question I was asked was “would Kanban work for volunteers”. The participant who asked runs a horse boarding facility and she needs to find a...
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...
