Change

Change Pro-Tip: All The Knobs A Little, All The Knobs A Little

Change Pro-Tip: All the knobs a little, all the knobs a little, over and over again, is how I’ve make my most successful changes, in code and organizations alike. A while back, I mused first about "Always Small, Always Improve" and I later elaborated "Always Small, Always Better, Always Wrong". Lo these two decades ago, […]

Change Pro-Tip: All The Knobs A Little, All The Knobs A Little Read More »

My Agility 2: The Made-For?

This entry is part [part not set] of 3 in the series Defining Agile

Seen a few soft murmurings about the idea that the made, the making, and the maker includes the made-for. That’s good. If the idea doesn’t work, let’s change it so it does. I do want to toss some grist into the mill that might have impact. In some of what i’m seeing, "children" could easily

My Agility 2: The Made-For? Read More »

My Agility 1: A Working Formulation

This entry is part [part not set] of 3 in the series Defining Agile

A formulation I’m trying out today: "my agility is an autopoietic community centered around the triple balancing of the made, the making, and the makers." there’s odd terms in it, and also missing ones, so I feel like pushing it around a little out loud. Obviously, the least ordinary term there is the a-word. Autopoeisis

My Agility 1: A Working Formulation Read More »

Building the Wrong Thing

Folks worry a lot about building the wrong thing, that is, making software that does not please the many and different interests of the org, the users, the operators. I’ve certainly seen that. We all have. Government seems particularly consistent at doing it, tho surely there are plenty of commercial orgs that have the same

Building the Wrong Thing Read More »

Growing and Keeping Geeks

From yesterday’s dark muse, this: i need stronger geeks. But I can't *get* stronger geeks without attending first and foremost to *growing* them and *keeping* them. — Michael D. Hill (@GeePawHill) August 12, 2018 #### Let’s go there. I believe we are consistently failing in the geek trade. By failing, I mean that we who

Growing and Keeping Geeks Read More »

Scroll to Top