Thoughts
Company Culture: The Messy Kitchen Fallacy
Many offices have a messy kitchen. And whenever there’s a messy kitchen, there are people complaining about it. In chat rooms, during lunch, at company meetings, on signs in the kitchen… you name it. …
- Don't be so theoretical!
This goes out to all change agents, all teachers and coaches, everyone that tries to introduce a paradigm shift of some sort. Be it helping a society to understand the value of diversity, or helping a …
- Diversity vs Patriarchy - Let's catch the next Wave!
Recently, I attended a conference dealing with organizational change. One of the sessions there was about human resources (HR). This is the department of an organization that is supposed to support …
- From Scrum to Kanban
Or: The Difference between Pre-Launch and Post-Launch of an E-Commerce Project Every e-commerce project has this one moment that changes everything: The launch. From that magical moment on your …
- Tech vs UX - Why the struggle?
We live in a world of digital full service agencies and companies that deliver the full brand experience, from a complex technical backend to a fancy frontend. This requires specialists of opposing …
- How Scrum is like Soccer: Cross-Functional Teams
I introduced this little Christmas series the other day, explaining that I compare scrum to modern soccer. Yesterday then, I focused the efficiency in both disciplines. Today I discuss …
- How Scrum is like Soccer: Efficiency
As I described yesterday, this is the second part of my little Christmas series, in which I compare scrum to modern soccer. Today I focus on the efficiency in either discipline and tomorrow I will …
- How Scrum is like Soccer
Recently, I became certified by the Scrum Alliance as a Scrum Product Owner. During the course, Craig Larman gave many analogies of scrum behavior to different sport disciplines, like relay races. …
- Blind Men and an Elephant
Just recently, I learned about the story from the blind men and an elephant and was amazed at once. Apparently it is an old tale with its origins in south Asia. The goes something like this: A group …
- Du bist was Du isst
In meinem ja inzwischen nicht mehr allzukurzem Leben habe ich mich nicht immer gut ernährt. Aber wohl selten so schlecht wie zur Zeit. Mein ganzer Fokus liegt auf meiner Abschlussarbeit. Dafür …
- Lass laufen!
Wie schon 2008 und 2009 mache ich heute wieder beim Blog Action Day mit. Diesmal geht’s ums Thema Wasser. Ich habe ein bisschen übers Wasser gegrübelt. Und eigentlich sehe ich keine wirkliche …
- Ajax? Web2.0? Eine Abgrenzung.
Ich baue gerade meinen Vortrag für die OOP um und aus Zeitgründen ist eine meiner Lieblingsfolien rausgeflogen. Keine Zeit dafür. Schade. Aber weil ich das so gern erkläre und weil ich immer wieder …