Managers as Ecologists
mhsutton I have recently been gripped by what I consider is a very powerful idea and I would love to share it with you, in the hope that you might ‘Yes…
People Are Mostly Good (or How I lost My Keys, Shat a Brick and Was Saved By The Kindness of a Stranger)
I recently had an experience that reminded me that people are mostly good. In fact, good people (i.e. people who do good things, often instinctively) are everywhere. I hope this…
Moore's Law Requires Species Maturity.
No, You’re not imagining things. That is a 64gb micro sd card. It’s smaller than the smallest coin in British currency (5 pence coin). Technology holds the key to our…
Sometimes I just want to sit and contemplate.
Sometimes a dude just wants to bask in some sunlight and sit in quiet contemplation. Can you dig it?
Agile coach as recogniser of courage
An Audience for Courage At my current client, we have a weekly Scrum Master Community of Practice meetup. This week on the agenda was an experience report proposed as the…
Agile coach as connector.
A little story I wanted to share, about making a difference without realising it. Today, around lunchtime, as I was heading to the coffee area to get a cup of…
Art, Craft and Inspiration
A Question, A Long Flight and Time to Think I work with brilliant bunch of curious people. The folks at Bigvisible (this is not a plug for them, but they…
Getting Sweaty – My First Bikram Yoga Experience.
Q: How do you take a 3000 year art form, freely practiced by millions and turn it into something new, proprietary and lucrative? A: Simplify it and add heat exhaustion.…
Aerlingus Rocks or Linchpins are like Unicorns or 'How Mike Almost Missed His Flight'
Ok, so I know I’ve bitched about the quality of Aer Lingus food in the past and maybe also about their tardiness. But, you know, when it really counts, Aer…