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Culture. Language. Visualization. And Why You Should Like Blogs.

I like blogs more than books. Well. Certain types of blogs. The best blogs are like Desperate Housewives, The Sopranos and Six Feet Under. You can enjoy an individual episode, but true bliss only happens by watching every single episode from every single season from these fabulous television series. My two favorite blogs are Fluent …

Giving Advice In Blog Posts. And Being On The Same Page.

Perhaps I should make a new category. “Stuff I wrote, but not here.” So. Recently I wrote stuff. But not here. Not on this blog. Somewhere else. So. Not here. Wrap This In An Enigma! About Giving Advice In Blog Posts. I try to avoid giving advice in blog posts. Before you know it people …

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Are You A Resource Or An Ant?

Nobody wants to be called “a resource”. You’re “an employee”. “A team member”. “Part of a rag tag crew“. But not “a resource”. “Resource” brings the association of a cog in a machine. If you want to distance emotionally from people, it helps using a word like “resource”. It makes the relationship you have with …

Potion 14 – Vuvuzela

In episode 14 of Project Potion, Dave and Bas talk about language issues when working abroad and the need for diversity in teams. Of course, they also talks shortly about the World Cup. Subscribe to the Podcast

Schizophrenic Use Of Methods

This is a difficult one. I seem to have two conflicting opinions. Yesterday Derek Huether explained in a great post how he relates agile approaches in terms of the PMBOK to get acceptance from stakeholders: “I would propose that you make sure you can communicate with stakeholders in a language they understand. If you start …