Insights on leadership, technology, and human-centered strategy, originally shared on LinkedIn and expanded for deeper exploration.
I’m stuck on a piece of advice I got from a YMCA fencing class when I was a kid. “Hold the hilt like it’s a small bird. Loose enough that you don’t hurt it. Tight enough that it won’t fly away.” I think about that in relation to the aspects of life we care about but can’t control.
Awesome move. Congratulations!
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Senior Partner at Stride!
Congratulations, Frankie! I’m happy for you and I’m proud to have found a successor so capable of leading Stride into the future.
As business people, we can make positive change within our constraints of time, cost and opportunity. One thing for our teams or for the people effected by the products or services we provide. One thing that has the potential to make lives or a community better. #EffectiveLeadership #SustainableBusinessStrategy #PositiveImpact
These are my opening remarks to our all company town hall. Like most software services companies, the last few months have been challenging. Here’s how I want to behave through this uncertainty and adversity. #values #adversity #leadership #uncertainty
We are how we behave in adversity.
Leveraging discovery and delivery to both meet customer expectations and grow market share avoid building unnecessary features and improve processes and engagement. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking #productinnovation #businessoutcomes
Pursuing discovery as an ongoing activity while delivering enables product teams to realize the benefits of both without suffering the downside consequences of focusing on one at the expense of the other. Here’s a visualization of the balance. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking #productinnovation #businessoutcomes
Delivery has a short term focus. Discovery has a longer term focus. Ongoing attention to both time frames better delivers in the short term what creates value for the long term. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking
Dual track agile balances risk and reward. Discovery involves taking risks and testing new ideas that may or may not work. Delivery leverages established patterns and practices to make predictable and reliable progress. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking
I encourage people to consider attending the leadership forum community’s forum. July 11-14. Remote and in person attendance. A great community for learning how to apply purpose to practice. Speakers forthcoming.