Scrum Day Madison Report
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.
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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.
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!
Marty Cagan’s Transformed: A Guide to Product Operating Model Success
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.
What’s the Ideal Corporate Vacation Policy?
Rest is more important than we’d ever imagined as a way to balance our overwhelmingly busy modern lives. I’ve been researching various […]
Scrum Day Madison is October 23rd!
Scrum Day Madison is a month away! This year, I’ll be talking about self-selection. If you’re in the area, you should join me! I’ve got a discount code at the bottom of this article that gives you 25% off.
PBS Wisconsin’s Capstone Projects: Success Stories
PBS Wisconsin has been a Capstone partner for the last year and is back for another round! Here I’ll share an article about their participation and more information about their projects.
Do Nothing: Like Your Life Depends On It
The book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee is one of my favorite books of the year. It gives you permission and reasons to slow down. Here I look at some of the specific gems I took away from the book.
Exploring Tuscany: Siena, San Gimignano, and Pisa
On one of our final days in Europe, we got to see some of the cutest hill towns in Tuscany, including Siena, San Gimignano, and Pisa.
Florence: Tour de France, Duomo Cathedral, and Art Museums
We happened to be in Florence for the first day of the Tour de France. The city has wonderful architecture and art any day, but the buzz from the Tour was intoxicating.