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Steven Mackenzie

@busywait

Helping to make computer software happen.

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“BADASS AGILE - Elite Feedback” with Badass Agile, Michael Caron and Mike Huber. Thursday, 11 Mar at 11:00 pm GMT on Follow @Clubhouse! joinclubhouse.com/event/xq4eGKr4

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Here's a last minute reason to visit Southampton tonight... I'm leading a (free) session tonight using the classic arcade game Asteroids to call out ideas that are often helpful for us to think about in our real-world jobs. Fun :) meetup.com/agile-south-co… See you there?

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I'll be talking about Cynefin, Constraints, Wardley Mapping and Crossing the Chasm(s) at Lean Agile London #LALDN23 next week. Last-minute tickets are still available! leanagile.london/tickets/

Jeff Gothelf (@jboogie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We will always make plans. And those plans will always be wrong to some extent. The sooner we can learn where we planned poorly, the sooner we can adjust the plan. jeffgothelf.com/blog/forget-ag…

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4 years ago I took a job as a Service Designer for a business that turned over $1 billion. The MOST important lesson: Mapping the customer journey is THE most important step in building an incredible service. Here's the 7-step guide (it'll level up your one-person business):

4 years ago I took a job as a Service Designer for a business that turned over $1 billion.

The MOST important lesson:

Mapping the customer journey is THE most important step in building an incredible service.

Here's the 7-step guide (it'll level up your one-person business):
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Shortly after Steve Jobs returned as the CEO of Apple in 1997, he met with Jony Ive, Apple’s Senior VP of industrial design. Apple had 40 products on the market. “Jony, how many things have you said no to?” Jobs asked. Ive was confused. “You have to understand,” Jobs said,

Shortly after Steve Jobs returned as the CEO of Apple in 1997, he met with Jony Ive, Apple’s Senior VP of industrial design.

Apple had 40 products on the market.

“Jony, how many things have you said no to?” Jobs asked.

Ive was confused.

“You have to understand,” Jobs said,
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In 1991, Pixar struck a deal with Disney to make the first computer-animated movie. At the time, Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull explained, “We didn’t have any storytellers among us.” Catmull and most of his employees were computer scientists. To learn how to tell a good story,

In 1991, Pixar struck a deal with Disney to make the first computer-animated movie.

At the time, Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull explained, “We didn’t have any storytellers among us.”

Catmull and most of his employees were computer scientists. 

To learn how to tell a good story,
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I've voted for ZOE Science & Nutrition - podfollow.com/1611216298 in the British Podcast Awards Listeners' Choice Award. Vote for your fave: britishpodcastawards.com/voting.

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I just finished working with Jeff Gothelf teaching OKRs & Story Mapping live. I think we’ve really got this stuff down. You should join us for the quick 2-hour version Oct 3! bit.ly/okr-sm-oct2023

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Before kids, I didn’t have strong opinions on how I wanted to educate my own. I thought “good grades, good schools, the rest will work itself out.” Then I read this book and my mind exploded. *Dr. Maté showed how*: • me being stressed as a parent might be the number 1 worst

Before kids, I didn’t have strong opinions on how I wanted to educate my own. I thought “good grades, good schools, the rest will work itself out.”

Then I read this book and my mind exploded. 

*Dr. Maté showed how*:
• me being stressed as a parent might be the number 1 worst
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On a software development team, you'll be on a better trajectory if you think of requirements specifications as requirements speculations.