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Which Compliment Do You Want?

Recently, at a conference, I noticed a big difference between compliments. After my presentation, several people gave me compliments on m...

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Hairdresser Bingo

This week someone asked for the name of the dog that lives on my head. So I understood it was high time to see the hairdresser again. I a...

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360 Degrees Dinner

Next time the HR department wants you to deliver evaluation forms of your team members, organize a 360 Degree Dinner. That's what I d...

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2 Presentations on Competence and Leadership

I have just finished two new presentations. The first one is about competence and how to grow it in your organization and development tea...

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Social Commerce (presentation)

Last week I was in Prague to do a keynote session for Global Collect, the leading payment service provider. My session was called Social ...

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The Three Manifestos

I was in a creative mood… The Manifesto for Agile Software Development… (You can download the big version of this image here....

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The Pain of Having Friends on a Dozen Networks

Let me tell you a bit of my work… I have followers on Twitter, friends on Facebook, contacts on LinkedIn, and many more...

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So, Now You’re An Agilist… What’s Next? (video)

This is another video of a talk that I did in Cluj, Romania. Like the one I posted last week, it was organized by the Transylvania Java U...

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The Zen of Scrum (video)

This is a video of the talk that I did in Cluj, Romania. It was organized by the Transylvania Java User Group and ISDC. The Zen of Scrum ...

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In Praise of Multi-Tasking

I have a blog. And I am writing a book. And I am leading a business. And I speak at conferences. And I support an election campaign. And ...

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Norine Wolf-Boucke (1924-2010)

Aunt Norine loved to be among people. She loved her family, and she loved getting attention. There is now little left for us to do,...

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When You Are Rejected

When you're applying for a job, and you get rejected because the employer has strong selection criteria, will you then complain about...

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