It strikes me how we often do not know how our actions will motivate, embolden, or serve as a spark for others. While they are often mundane, day-to-day tasks for us, they can mean infinitely more to someone else who is searching for their mission or meaning. Ultimately, they often to come represent much more to us with the benefit of historical perspective.
Too often, we measure our reality through the lens of what others have often ignored what they or someone else did to earn it. Make no mistake – if you base your Happiness on measures that you do not have, you will lead a bitter and ungrateful life.
No one wants to be the Blackberry in the iPhone world! The best ideas and processes from yesterday often delivery poor results in today’s world. There may still be a market or need at maturity, but there’s nothing, but heartache when you’re the Greatest Fool in the “Greater Fool” exercise!
We have all heard this singular point, but it is amazing how knowledgeable business professionals fall into this same trap. For whatever reason, people keep falling into the trap of Selling the Thing versus Selling the Solve!
Even though we know better, it is unclear whether it is hubris (“It’s not the best, but I can make it work.”) or fear/pressure (“I have to do it because…”) that leads us to do things proven not to get the results we ultimately seek.
In the twenty years since the Agile Manifesto, there have been many methodologies developed for the implementation of its basic principles. Some were in use or formulation with the original publishing date; others have evolved since. Interestingly, challenges that existed before or have arisen in the subsequent decades often manifest in the same ways that they always have.
This is a list of the applications and tools that I use (or have used in the past). As new options appear, the list will evolve over time depending upon my needs and innovations available in the future. If you have alternatives or additional products that you would like to suggest, shoot me a message.
Invariably, the challenging discussions in organizations often come down to three fundamental topics: Accountability, Ownership, and Prioritization. These types of questions come up often on a daily basis leading to problems and conflict left unaddressed.
David Adams is a business technology professional who builds and leads software development teams in the delivery of data-aware systems.
Today, people have more free time than ever before. With this wide array of choices and freedom, we also have the widest range of mental health issues and unhealthy behaviors at most any time in history. Without positive ways to focus our attention and time, we tend to find negative ones.
The proliferation of channels means that there is a place for almost every appetite. If you can find the congregation space for your audience, there will be a platform dedicated to serving them. The challenge comes from the fact that creators and audiences need something from the other in the earliest stages of platforms.
