Careers often hinge on shifts in mind-set and I feel as if I have gone beyond a turning point in how I regard my career. In fact I think it is the first time I […]
Tag: thinking
Discipline? I don’t know the meaning of the word
…..as uttered by the infamous Liam Gallagher. We still fall for it in the development world don’t we? The cult of the ‘hero’ or ‘rockstar’: Extremely deep knowledge of their chosen technology? Very often and […]
Scaling schmaling
‘Scaling agile’ appears to be the latest organisational obsession. I appear beset on all sides by the latest scaling framework for agile ways of working. SAFe, LeSS and even DAD are examples of acronym driven […]
Inadvertent Local Optimisation
I saw this tweet the other day: If you are a consultant, it’s important to know the difference between a doctor and a drug dealer. Please be more like a doctor.— James Marcus Bach (@jamesmarcusbach) […]
Hard Skills > Culture Fit
So here’s a little bit of hiring people logic for you. I’ve expressed it as pseudo-code all those technical people who insist on exclusive hard skill hiring, despite the long term pain of it all. private Handler handler;public […]
