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Month: October 2024

October 29, 2024October 28, 2024Conference Appearences

Scrum Day Madison Report

Scrum Day Women

Madison’s got a world-class agile conference that’s in its second year running: Scrum Day. Here’s a bit of an overview of the conference and some of the talks I went to.

October 22, 2024October 20, 2024Career, Culture

How to Scare Off Your Best Employees

There are a few subtle signs that your workplace is headed downhill. If you’re an employee seeing any of these signs, it’s likely time to think about moving. If you’re an employer and you find yourself doing the following, it’s time to evolve before you lose your best employees.

October 15, 2024October 13, 2024Self-Publishing

How to Support Your Favorite Author (Besides Buying Their Book)

Reader support is crucial, especially for indie authors. If you’ve got a book or an author that you love, here are some additional ways you can support your favorite author, without forking over anymore cash!

October 8, 2024October 2, 2024Book Review

Marty Cagan’s Transformed: A Guide to Product Operating Model Success

Transformed

Marty Cagan’s new book, Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model, is a fantastic overview of how to move an organization to the product operating model. Let’s look at a few of its key points.

October 1, 2024September 30, 2024Career, Opinion

What’s the Ideal Corporate Vacation Policy?

A beach

Rest is more important than we’d ever imagined as a way to balance our overwhelmingly busy modern lives. I’ve been researching various […]

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