Stoos Stampede – Session Proposals
With the Stoos Stampede in July we’re going to try something different. This time there will not be a session selection by a program co...
Stoos Stampede – Registration Open!
Are you trying to transform the way organizations are managed? “A problem this size will require many minds and hearts. We’d love to ...
Celebrate Learning, Not Success or Failure
Some people say “You only learn from failure” or “Celebrate failure”. Other people say “Failure is overrated” or “Focus on ...
Your Way versus the Official Way
I don’t like American punctuation. The official approach to punctuation is “inconsistent and illogical,” such as the requirement th...
“Teams” (The Same Mistake All Over)
When the students in my classes play the Meddlers game, they often organize teams around projects. Because they have learned, from variou...
I’m Focusing on Defocusing
As part of my new year’s resolutions my friends told me to defocus, and to live in the here-and-now. (Yes, we had new year’s resoluti...
The Bishops of Oih versus the Knights of Nih
In a land far, far away, hard working people are trying to Do Work and Live Well. And in their attempt to do work, and live well, in an e...
Slack Is for Optional Stuff, Not for Important Stuff
When I plan to catch a flight I usually schedule up to 3 hours from the moment I leave my house to the moment the gate closes. I know I p...
What Are the Amazing Companies?
If I hear one more reference to Semco as an example of an amazing company, I’m going to scream. Really. And I’ve also heard the names...
We’re Not So Different, You And I
Every time when I travel to another country (and I really mean every time) people ask me, “Is Agile management different in other count...
Separation of Social Concerns
There was already a LinkedIn group about Management 3.0. Now there is also a Facebook page. And a Google+ page. And a Twitter account. &#...
What If We Started Organizing *Real* Conferences?
Last year I attended 20 conferences. This year will not be much different. This means I get to think about conferences regularly, and som...
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