This 15 minute video on Managing Millennials has started making the rounds on Facebook. One of my friends posted it and it’s absolutely worth the time to watch, Simon Sinek is a great speaker.

( Too long, didn’t watch )

Monday I was up stupid early to get to the doctor’s office by 7:15. I hadn’t had enough to drink over the weekend, so I was feeling creaky and old like I do when I’m dehydrated. Let’s just say it’s not my favorite way to start my Monday morning and leave it at that.

( Whoops, this got a wee bit longer than I thought it would )

I have arrived in NC and I'm all checked into my hotel room. New Employer has me checked into the Hilton (it's an overflow hotel, not their usual). But there's at least three of us here for new hire orientation this week (I eavesdrop, no point not putting these big ears to good use ( Read more... )

So, occasionally I check the news or the website to see what’s up at BlackOps. (Really I’m just checking to see if they’ve still got horrible turnover going on and if L’Enfant Terrible is still employed). Today I noticed that they had a “Why work at BlackOps” video posted on the careers page of the web site ( Read more... )

So my last couple of long posts were really me just laying some background so people could understand some of the things that were already running around in my head when I went to the Agile New England talk last Thursday. A lot of the immediate connections I made with the speaker’s talk have to do with things I’d been thinking about lately. (One ( Read more... )

I went to an Agile New England meeting tonight. The topic was Agile Culture and Adoption Survival Guide. The Mushroom Farm is the fourth place I’ve worked that’s doing Agile software development, and so far it’s not looking good (For example, you can’t have a team with one guy on it…..). For a company that doesn’t communicate well, and never ( Read more... )