Changes for Me and This Blog
I have some major changes ahead of me, which will probably have an impact on this blog. Medium time scale In just two days, on August 1, ...
Diversity? You Mean Connectivity!
The approach some people have to the issue of social diversity is rather simplistic. Their idea of “adding diversity” to a software t...
Every Team Must Be a Value Unit
I really like our system administrators, but I think I am their worst customer. It’s not that I’m behaving badly. (Well, usually I’...
How to Make a Presentation (part 3)
…continued from part 1 and part 2. Step 7: Create slides When I am confident about the content, structure and supporting materials, I s...
How to Make a Presentation (part 2)
…continued from part 1. Step 4: Define slides In this step I transform the topics to individual slides, by sketching on (new) sticky no...
How to Make a Presentation (part 1)
Over the years I've made quite a lot of presentations. The ratings of my last presentations at conferences have been quite favorable,...
It’s About Being Competent, Not About Being ___
I am ___. It’s not by choice. That’s how I was born. I am perfectly happy being ___. It’s no big deal. It’s just the way it is. B...
Birthday Tweetup: Tuesday July 20, 2010
Next Tuesday is my birthday. It’s going to be a special birthday because my age will reach the 13th prime number. So cool! And so I inv...
Re-launch of the Management 3.0 Website
Hurray! Today is the “official” re-launch of the companion website for my book: management30.com The site launches with a fine post c...
Cross-Functional Teams Don’t Come Free
How should people be grouped together? Basically there are two main options to choose from: group people by similar function or by simila...
Tell People a Story
Telling people a Story is one of the six SUCCES principles for getting a message across to an audience. This was described by Chip and Da...
The Purpose of Leadership (video)
And here's another video of a talk I did at the Norwegian Developers Conference. This talk is about managing and leading self-organiz...
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