Recently I ran across a manuscript that my father was writing some 25 years ago. The topic: how to engage and cultivate greatness in a battered, and oft embittered workforce. My father focused his career managing companies, mostly in the manufacturing sector, so you can imagine the context of the following line: “If we are […]
In the last few months, I’ve been reading and discussing a few different books. One is Chad Fowler’s “Passionate Programmer”. I’ve found his book to be extremely entertaining and in many ways have spoken to me at some level. I have felt for some time that careers of those I meet (at least a high […]
Today I was invited to go to a seminar and talk about a new book, “The Superperforming CEO”. The books author, Dave Guerra, found me through a local organization I help coordinate – Milwaukee Agile. When I spoke to Dave prior to the seminar, he mentioned that he was very interested to get more plugged […]
I was speaking to one of the guys on the team yesterday and discussing what I might propose for the Agile 2010 conference. (I gotta tell you, I’m somehow worried about what I might propose as I always feel that people who would be going to a conference, and paying good money to boot, won’t […]