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02
Feb
Standups Are Mutual Aid (and I may have just killed it)

Standups Are Mutual Aid (and I may have just killed it)

"I got something to say / I killed your baby today / And it doesn't matter much to me
4 min read
29
Jan
To have and to have not

To have and to have not

Chris, You asked me the other day if, given the chance, I’d do all of this again. Not the
4 min read
26
Jan
Knowledge

Knowledge

"All I know is that I don't know nothing" I have no formal training in IT
4 min read
22
Jan
Supersonic

Supersonic

Chris, I had a senior leader at an old job who used to say, “You never want to kick down
3 min read
19
Jan
Waiting Room

Waiting Room

First 90 Days, Part 1 I am a patient boy / I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait —Fugazi, “Waiting
3 min read
15
Jan
Four Simple Words

Four Simple Words

Chris, You asked me how you hold on to something long enough for it to shape you—how you don’
3 min read
12
Jan
I Was A Teenage Anarchist

I Was A Teenage Anarchist

Do you remember when you were young and you wanted to set the world on fire? Laura Jane Grace wrote
4 min read
08
Jan
Never Mind the Back Pain.

Never Mind the Back Pain.

Chris, Agile transformations? What’s the hardest part—the real, boots-on-the-ground hard part? Culture change. It’s a true answer
3 min read
05
Jan
The Ernie Ball Stage

The Ernie Ball Stage

Mark, Recently you said something that’s been stuck in my head: “Not many if any of the IT revolutionaries
5 min read