Social Complexity and Agility
June 1st, 2009

The dining geek problem

Last weekend, I attended the Agile Coaches Gathering, which was held in Bletchley Park. I met many old and new friends, and had an enjoyable time. Thanks to Rachel Davies and Mike Sutton for organizing it!
A very interesting incident took place at the gathering, one that got me thinking about the practical application of my [...]

April 22nd, 2009

“Coaching self-organizing teams” course goes live in London

So, I’ve come full circle. “Coaching self-organizing teams” started out as an advanced training course which I held in-house for my best clients. It’s one of a group of courses I developed to help people working as coaches and ScrumMasters to do their job better. I’ve presented shorter versions of it quite successfully at a [...]

April 20th, 2009

Way to go, CSI!

From yesterday’s paper (my translation into English):
Her DNA was found at 39 crime scenes, she was on the most-wanted list for 15 years, police forces from most European countries were on the lookout for her – now we know who the supposed phantom killer is: a 71-year-old woman. Years ago, she worked in a Bavarian [...]

March 16th, 2009

The changing face of Facebook

Back in January, I started using Facebook. My original intent was to use it to maintain a small network of close friends and colleagues I do business with. The demon that is Facebook, though, had other ideas…
I’ve moved my business work over to a bespoke network I set up at Ning, I’m opening up Facebook, [...]