Signs A Company Embraces Business Agility
How might you know a company that you’re thinking of joining is embracing Business Agility? Read this section from my 2023 book, Agile Discovery & Delivery, to find out.
Just Keep Growing: 25 Servant Leadership Lessons Book
One of my good friends, Martha Boehm, just published her first book, Just Keep Growing: 25 Servant Leadership Lessons. I got to be one of her beta readers and if you’re a leader or aspiring leader, I highly encourage you to check it out.
How NOT To Handle Team Conflicts
This time I year, I usually get at least one email out of the blue complaining from a student complaining about a teammate. Let me lay out how NOT to handle team conflicts so you don’t end up like some of my student teams at the end of the semester.
Why Now is a Great Time to Pursue Financial Independence
Despite our retirement accounts falling nearly 20% since Trump took office, now is an excellent time to be pursuing financial independence or to be financially independent. Here’s why.
Has The World Gone Mad?
Instead of writing my regular blog post today, please enjoy this poem I wrote, Has the World Gone Mad?, to help me cope with current events.
Weekend Protests and, No, DC Is Not Burning To The Ground…Yet
This weekend, I flew to Washington, DC to check out how Trump’s policies are affecting the area and I attended a protest in Madison, WI on Saturday, April 5th. I have to say, going to the Madison protest was one of the very best things I’ve ever done.
Spring Break in San Diego
I have three friends now living in San Diego, so I decided to finally go for a visit. Here’s what we did on our whirlwind tour of San Diego, California.
GE Healthcare Capstone Article
I developed, run, and teach UW-Madison’s Computer Science Capstone program. Last semester, GE Healthcare had three teams of students working on two different projects and they wrote a nice article about the experience.
Fair Play: Could It Save Your Marriage?
In a time where women’s rights and gender equality are seemingly moving backwards, I just read a book that could help women make space in their schedules for our brilliant and important contributions to society. A book that might have been able to save my first marriage. That book is called Fair Play by Eve Rodsky.
The Anxious Generation: A Book Review
The Anxious Generation confirms what we might already suspect is going on with our kids and our society: too much time spent online is simply not good for us. It offers evidence for why a phone-based childhood is not good for kids as well as four, simple things we can do to address the situation.