GeekTieGuy

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Announcing the launch of a new alliance

18May2020GeekTieGuyAgile

Today I am excited and proud to launch a new alliance* in the agile software development field: The SELF-CARE Alliance (Sustaining Everyone Longing For – Community of Agile RespitE, [or make your own acronym]) Any good alliance needs a few things: membership qualifications, a certification program, an FAQ, a badge / logo / seal, and

Freedom, Civilization and Leadership

2April2020GeekTieGuyEnvironment, Opinion, Personal, Sustainability

I woke up early and couldn’t go back to sleep again. Thoughts and ideas were swirling in my head, so I wrote them down. I’m not looking for debate. #Leadership #CallToThink #CallToLead #CallToListen Imagine, just for a moment, that you are free. You have no rent to pay, no mortgage to cover. You donâ€™t need

Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic – what’s happening on a global scale

20March2020GeekTieGuyUncategorized

As someone who works with teams and individuals on changing how they approach software development, I recently thought back to a model that originally came from the family therapist Virginia Satir. She used the model to illustrate how humans cope with change, and much has been written about it before. A write-up that’s often used

A map of ideas, concepts and skills that help when guiding Agile teams

14May2018GeekTieGuyAgile

[This is a re-post from LinkedIn] What does it take to become a guide for Agile teams? My own experience leads me to believe that exposure to a lot of different thinking helps, as well as learning some specific skills. This is an attempt at starting a kind of map or atlas to the world