As an employee I have always had a preference for working in small organizations, because it is much easier to make a difference in small...

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It’s becoming sort of a tradition for me to reflect on my blog writing at every 100th post. And so here it is, the 400th blog post! Sin...

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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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As some of you know, the book that I’m writing will be published in Mike Cohn’s Signature Series, by Addison-Wesley/Pearson. (Current...

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I thought it was time for a new top list on this blog.

The readers of this blog know that I did this several times before, with th...

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Performance metrics are important. At school, in sports, and in the arts, people want to know how well they are doing. They get grades fo...

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We know that measuring (and awarding) the wrong things in a system leads to nasty side-effects. And we know that self-organization allows...

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Here it is: my latest presentation. Five days of work, 38 drawings, 14 photos, 81 slides, and plenty of texts, to be delivered for the fi...

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I know you're busy. We all are. But no matter how busy you are, you still find the time to brush your teeth. No matter how full your ...

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I work for a company with a big open office space, in the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam. About 100 people work in an office that was the...

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This post is part of a series of interviews called "6 Simple Questions". Earlier answers to the same questions came from Bob Ma...

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You may have noticed that I created a new layout for my blog. I think it turned out quite well, if I may say so myself. And, fortunately,...

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