I am very excited to introduce Moriah to our Agile4Life community. Moriah and I met collaborating on the Agile transformation at H&R Block. I was leaning into Agile while leading the DevOps transformation which relies on many Agile principles. Moriah is as passionate about Agile as anyone I’ve ever met. She had a day job as the ScrumMaster for a […]
My dad got his master plumber license when I was a kid because even though he worked as an industrial engineer, he needed it because there’s a lot of plumbing that goes into automotive paint finishing systems. Maybe that’s when he picked up the phrase “a plumber’s got the leakiest faucets.” If you’re not familiar, the idea is, just because […]
Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to lead several large-scale organizational changes. It’s hard. Let’s be honest. With the exception of a few change-oriented people that most of us don’t understand, we tend to be inclined toward inertia not progress. If you’re old enough, you might remember the Stuart Smalley SNL skits “Daily Affirmations.” Smalley would go on and […]
If you read the about section on the blog then you already know that I am a geek at heart. I’ve spent more than 20 years in the software development space which is on a perpetual quest to get more efficient at pushing new products and features out the door. When I first got started large projects involved a tremendous […]