Punch Drunk
used to really be into magic when I was a kid. At one of my birthday parties, I put on a rented tux, assembled a bunch of tricks on a card table, pulled a stuffed rabbit out of my felt top hat, pretended to cut off my finger, and other fun things. I wasn’t very […]
Estimates Aren’t Dead
Yesterday, at a high-level executive meeting, one of the participants said , “I can’t evaluate that if I don’t know the team’s velocity and the points for that story.” Wow. How times have changed. I didn’t even know the executive had ever heard...
Why is it so hard
Why is it so hard to get rid of someone from your life who’s nuts? It’s usually because he (or she) is only nuts to most of us. If he or she is still around, it’s probably because they are rabidly supporting someone else’s goals. Just not yours. There are ...
Like Gnats Against a Screen Door
Among other businesses, I own a retail store in Los Angeles. Though I’m thrilled to have lines of customers at our checkout counter ever day, it amazes me when our front desk people, who are supposed to greet people and help them purchase our services and products, continue to have personal conversations with each other […]
My Desert Island Consulting Tools
If I was stranded on a desert Island with a client, and my client was open to passing the time with a little problem solving, I’m pretty sure we could make a lot of progress with only three tools. And, though I’m a technology consultant, the three tools I’d pick aren’t really technical. A whiteboard […]
Conference Catatonia
We don't actually go to conferences to confer.
Catch Someone
