by Mike Edwards | Oct 27, 2014 | Agile, Conferences
Last week I participated in SDEC’14, put on by the Agile Community in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg is a city located closer to the east side of Canada’s prairie provinces. The terrain there is relatively flat unlike the conference which is anything but...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 22, 2014 | Agile, Responsibility, The Leadership Gift
This morning I was flying from Winnipeg to Toronto on WestJet. They have Satellite TV on board, so it didn’t take long until every TV was tuned to the events happening in Ottawa. To say it was shocking to see this type of terrorist activity happening right here...
by Mike Edwards | Sep 29, 2014 | Agile, Change, The Leadership Gift
Tonight I’m sitting in a hotel room fairly frustrated. I cannot get out for a run or walk, and the fitness gear in the hotel doesn’t include anything low impact. I’m starting to having symptoms of withdrawal and it has me wondering if Having what you...
by Mike Edwards | Sep 24, 2014 | Agile, Change, Responsibility, The Leadership Gift
Do you know a group who’s been told to do Agile by management? As you can imagine there are various degrees of acceptance for the ‘next silver bullet’ management has come up with. It is unfortunate when management continually comes up with the...
by Mike Edwards | Sep 19, 2014 | Agile, Behaviour, Change, People
What does it mean to be a hero? Dictionary.com defines hero as “A person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble quality”. When I think of this definition I believe it’s not hard to find examples in people who...
