Monthly Archives: June 2013
Five minutes for Love
How do you start your day? With a command, a question, with frustration or fear? At the risk of going a bit hippy how about love? Everyday, before our standup we spend 5 min chatting. Over many years this time has become special, I’m reluctant to miss it. Its our time to rebond. We talk […]
A Programmers Fear
I’ve writing about the effects of fear on a programmer (and a person) over the last couple of weeks, here are some quotes that I’ve been tweeting on the way: When a team recognises failure without blame or embarrassment the fear of experimentation evaporates and creativity can flourish At sea we felt fear of fire, […]
The Blamer
I have a long list of people I like to blame for the dysfunction I see in organisations. I blame Managers, Directors, CEO’s, Testers, Salesmen, Recruiters, Architects, IT Engineers, Customers, Business Analyst, Help Desk, HR, Finance, Consultants and Coaches. I blame those with more experience and those just starting. I blame the courageous and the […]
Diary of a ScrumMaster 