Saturday, April 06, 2024

"Get it in writing," they said. I did. And it didn't matter.

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Here's the written agreement to pay back.  Note the interesting perspective.  Basically, "I know you gave me seven weeks of paid ti...
Friday, June 16, 2023

...Over Contract Negotiation

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 When you teach collaboration, openness, psychological safety, respect, commitment, and then get a lawyer to respond to your request to talk...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

The Massive, Wasted Investment in Brett Palmer, CST

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The investment in Brett Palmer, Certified Scrum Trainer was significant. And lost. Well, lost to me - the investor. Others profited off of ...
Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Brett Palmer's Journey to Become a Certified Scrum Trainer

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March 21, 2017 - I send a job offer to Brett Palmer as full-time agile coach. March 23,2017 - Brett declines the full-time offer, and req...
Saturday, May 02, 2020

The Biggest Lesson of the Last Five Years

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Five years ago I was deep in a agile transformation at what would become Dell Technologies, kicking off another transformation that would b...
Saturday, May 02, 2015

We are Creating Agile Orphans

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This is a draft, but I wanted to share it with others before the Scrum Gathering.  It is my premise that the invisible hand of self-inter...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Scrum - Three Strikes and You're Out!

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My rule for adopting Scrum at your organization is three strikes and you're out. That is, if you say you're doing Scrum, but not ...