Apr 9The Core of Your Agile TransformationPeter Drucker once said, “the only sustainable competitive advantage is a company’s ability to keep transforming itself.” This is sound advice, but it’s not that simple for most companies. Many companies struggle to succeed with even one transformation, let alone living up to Drucker’s more continuous and agile transformation vision. …3 min read
Jan 21Synchronize for SuccessMany years back, at the start of a large project, we quickly realized that we were facing a critical problem that, if not fixed, would kill the project. To address this, we gathered all the essential stakeholders in a large conference room to figure out how to fix the problem…Team Building5 min read
Jan 18The Rise of Hybrid Work and What it Means For AgileWorking from home or another remote location is not a new concept. High-tech companies have been doing this over the last decade, and it was becoming increasingly popular even before the worldwide pandemic. Better technology, conductivity, and tools have enabled entire companies to shift to a hybrid workplace. They are…6 min read
Jan 5The Basics: A Guide to the Agile Approach and Why It Matters to Your CompanyWelcome to 2022! I thought an excellent way to start the new year would be to take a few minutes and review the basics of Agile. This might be an old topic for some of you, but, over the past year, I have heard plenty of stories about companies that…Agile5 min read
Dec 29, 2021Scaling Agile: Don’t Conform, TransformScaled Agile Frameworks have gained popularity among organizations worldwide over the last half-decade, with many major businesses undertaking massive organizational changes that impact thousands of people and their customers. Most invested in rigid adoption and conformity efforts to one of the Scaled Agile Frameworks and found that the results were…Agile Transformation2 min read
Dec 29, 2021Thank You 2021I am currently sitting in the OHSU Cancer Insitute nervously waiting for my partner Pam to finish her last chemotherapy infusion. I am unclear why I am so nervous. Perhaps these surroundings over the last year and have represented a lot of uncertainty and stress. However, today it is different…Cancer3 min read
Jan 4, 2021Goodbye 2020, Let’s Not Do This Again!The reality of how bad 2020 was going to be started spinning up shortly after we learned of a virus that had spread out of China and was growing into a worldwide humanitarian and economic crisis. 2020 slowly slipped into a strange abyss that would be the primary catalyst for…20205 min read
Mar 17, 2020Falling Face-First into LearningA few weeks back, a good friend Elizabeth Hendrickson tweeted about her approach to learning as being quite non-linear. Like her, this has been my approach to problem-solving, especially when dealing with complex problems. Unlike the common educational approach where we gain knowledge and skill in a guided and controlled…4 min read
Mar 17, 2020Coronavirus: Kindness and support is our way forwardDay after day, the impact of the COVID-19 has been expanding. My partner’s part-time volunteer work at the Children’s Relief Nursery at LifeWorksNW had to shut down. Slowing the availability of services for families with children from birth to five years old. On my side, the non-profit that I work…Co Vid 193 min read
Mar 12, 2020Failing at Gender Equality in TechI have been a professional manager, director, and CEO for about two decades now, and I have seen some great progress towards better gender equality in technology jobs worldwide. Now if you look closely at my prior sentence you can decode a few key things about me. The first is…Leadership3 min read
