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SELECTED WRITING
An ever full heart
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="374"] By: Walt Stoneburner - CC BY 2.0[/caption] My heart is always full. Sometimes my heart is full of heaviness - pain, despair, anger, frustration and litt...
3 Things #Agile Teams Can Do Today To Improve #Estimates and #Estimating
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Joan Shaffer - CC BY 2.0[/caption] Over and over again I find teams and organisations that have a chronic problem with 'estimation'. It is one of the...
I have gay sex because it's legal and other stupid stories
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: nathanmac87 - CC BY 2.0[/caption] What really pisses me off about humanity is how - in the same stewing pot - we have some brilliant ideas that move...
Early lessons from my '30 days of free #remote #agile #coaching' experiment
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Shardayyy - CC BY 2.0[/caption] In late December, I announced a really juicy offer of free remote agile coaching for 30 days for organisations willin...
The Princess and Frog
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: Conny Sandland - CC BY 2.0[/caption] Once upon a time, there was a beautiful Princess who met a frog. The Princess was French, the frog wasn't. The En...
I hate #privacy.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="368"] By: el_itur - CC BY 2.0[/caption] Unless you've been in solitary confinement for the whole of 2013, you would know the big pink elephant in the n...
FUALMO - The life lesson you won't find on Oprah.
2013 has been an amazing year on many accounts. Most notable of these is that my family and I moved to Spain, marking a new and beautiful chapter in an already charmed family life. Also, 2013 represe...
What would you like to share/learn on International Collaboration Day? #iCollday
International Collaboration Day is January 16th The other day as I had a long overdue hangout with Philip Dodson of @workhubs, Philip mentioned that they were doing some events as part of the Internat...
I take solace in the indestructibility of energy.
One of my dearest friend's mummy died this Christmas and I feel so deeply saddened to hear the news. It also touches that part of me that is unprepared for the inevitable passing of my own mummy. I ta...
The Alternative Christmas Message
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] By: David Lienhard - CC BY 2.0[/caption] Today is Christmas day. The day, in the Christian calendar, on which Christ was born – bringing salvation and ho...