Blogging, regurgitating ideas, or coming up with new ones
I received feedback on one of my articles from someone I had just met. I wanted to create fresh content and offer different perspectives on current practices. Creating content for blogging and LinkedIn is challenging because these platforms often have repetitive ideas. I strive to avoid repeating what others have already said.
I value the opinions of others for learning and personal development. Even when my publishing combines existing ideas, it helps promote and disseminate them from my unique perspective and experiences. This platform aims to foster collaboration and contribute to the supportive community that has helped me in many ways. The idea is to gain insight from diverse perspectives and draw from various sources while incorporating our experiences.
Here is a link to the article she published after our conversation, The case for regurgitation.
In today’s fast-paced world, efficiently delivering value is challenging for many organizations. I write about senior leadership legacy mindset, team dynamics, metrics, software delivery, and engineering, exploring their impact on modern practices such as Agile, Lean, DevOps, and Value Stream Management.
These articles are also published on medium.com.
Posts are displayed in chronological order, from newest to oldest.
- Evolving the Agile Leadership Role: Integrating Value Stream Management into Agile Leadership5 min read This post is inspired by my recent advocacy for adopting Value Stream Management and Flow Engineering in software delivery, as… Read more: Evolving the Agile Leadership Role: Integrating Value Stream Management into Agile Leadership
- A Balanced Approach to Agile Metrics: Empowering Teams and Mitigating Risks5 min read Metrics can provide teams with insights and evidence where things are taking longer, are causing friction, and need… Read more: A Balanced Approach to Agile Metrics: Empowering Teams and Mitigating Risks
- Beyond Facilitation: The Agile Leader’s Place in Cross-Functional Team Dynamics9 min read “Alignment is a force multiplier.” ― Gereon Hermkes I was invited recently to a meeting with Agile Leaders, Product… Read more: Beyond Facilitation: The Agile Leader’s Place in Cross-Functional Team Dynamics
- Pressures of Strategic Talent Cost Rebalancing in Agile Teams: Optimizing Global Geographical Costs for Cohesion and Efficiency10 min read “If you choose not to leverage global talent and economic benefits while your competitors do, you’re essentially steering… Read more: Pressures of Strategic Talent Cost Rebalancing in Agile Teams: Optimizing Global Geographical Costs for Cohesion and Efficiency
- Agile Era Leadership: Overcoming Legacy Leadership Friction and Four Industry Conversations11 min read The world has fundamentally changed in the past few decades. The rise of knowledge work and complex digital… Read more: Agile Era Leadership: Overcoming Legacy Leadership Friction and Four Industry Conversations
- Software Delivery Teams, Deadlines, and the Challenge of Providing Reliable Estimates4 min read During our end-of-year annual sales kick-off conference this week, I witnessed a leader presenting our roadmap to the… Read more: Software Delivery Teams, Deadlines, and the Challenge of Providing Reliable Estimates
- Unpacking The State of Value Stream Management Report 20233 min read VSM Adoption In December 2020, I introduced Value Stream Management (VSM) and Flow Metrics to our teams. Our… Read more: Unpacking The State of Value Stream Management Report 2023
- Adapting to Technological Shifts in Enterprise Software Development5 min read The focus of this post is on more significant shifts in technology stacks. Last week, I shared an… Read more: Adapting to Technological Shifts in Enterprise Software Development
- Mitigating Metric Misuse: Preventing the Misuse of Metrics and Prioritizing Outcomes Over Outputs6 min read The business needs feedback on technology investments. Teams need insights into flow efficiency and potential bottlenecks. Part 3… Read more: Mitigating Metric Misuse: Preventing the Misuse of Metrics and Prioritizing Outcomes Over Outputs
- Developer Experience: The Power of Sentiment Metrics in Building a TeamX Culture6 min read “If you are in a good culture, you will feel and know it, and it’s sometimes hard to… Read more: Developer Experience: The Power of Sentiment Metrics in Building a TeamX Culture
- Shift Left Security, Security Unit Tests, OWASP Top 10, and AI: Key Practices for Secure Development6 min read What are we trying to improve? The adoption of practices to find security vulnerabilities early in the development… Read more: Shift Left Security, Security Unit Tests, OWASP Top 10, and AI: Key Practices for Secure Development
- Breaking the Feature Factory Cycle: A Software Engineer’s Code of Conduct and Responsibilities to Product Delivery3 min read “The software industry is a great example of an industry where the responsible thing to do is not… Read more: Breaking the Feature Factory Cycle: A Software Engineer’s Code of Conduct and Responsibilities to Product Delivery
- Outcome Metrics and the Difficulty of Reporting on Value4 min read What does it mean to “deliver value”? Defining value deserves its own focus. This article picks up at… Read more: Outcome Metrics and the Difficulty of Reporting on Value
- Maximizing Technology Team Performance: Insights from a CEO Conversation6 min read In this article, I share an enhanced version of a conversation with a CEO in August of 2022… Read more: Maximizing Technology Team Performance: Insights from a CEO Conversation
- Finally, Metrics That Help: Boosting Productivity Through Improved Team Experience, Flow, and Bottlenecks.13 min read Note: This article has two parts: First, a view on today’s data insights and metrics. Second, our experience… Read more: Finally, Metrics That Help: Boosting Productivity Through Improved Team Experience, Flow, and Bottlenecks.
- Agile Software Delivery: Unlocking Your Team’s Full Potential. It’s not the Product Owner.10 min read This article examines the role of leadership in agile software delivery teams and product organizations. The Product Owner… Read more: Agile Software Delivery: Unlocking Your Team’s Full Potential. It’s not the Product Owner.
- The Shift to Software Management: A Skill Guide for New Managers9 min read The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through… Read more: The Shift to Software Management: A Skill Guide for New Managers
- The Artistry of Software Engineering: Harnessing Creativity for Impactful Business Solutions5 min read “Software is a great combination of artistry and engineering.” – Bill Gates As a senior leader and software… Read more: The Artistry of Software Engineering: Harnessing Creativity for Impactful Business Solutions
- Established Organizations, Level of Digital Literacy, Mindset, and the 4th Industrial Revolution11 min read Established companies are striving to conquer outdated operating models and frameworks. As an enterprise changes its way of… Read more: Established Organizations, Level of Digital Literacy, Mindset, and the 4th Industrial Revolution