Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

i was shocked to discover just now that my 2001 Agile Sw Dev book contains a discussion of the agile manifesto! knock me over with a feather duster, as they used to say. Take a look!

Above all else, the mentat must be a generalist, not a specialist. It is wise to have decisions of great moment monitored by generalists. Experts and specialists lead you quickly into chaos.

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." Thomas Jefferson

Do not depend only on theory if your life is at stake.

"Every manager supposes that he or she is doing his best. He or she is, and this is the problem. His or her best is embedded in the present system of management which cases huge loss, of unknowable magnitude." -W. Edwards Deming Yksilö toimii aina järjestelmän vaikutuspiirissä.

A passage from the Tao that’s frequently worth revisiting.

“When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.” Leo Tolstoy

The only person a therapist can change is himself. H. Goolishian

Call for Speakers for MiXiT 2025 is open on Sessionize and I've just submitted a post-modern session! sessionize.com/mixit-2025/

Call for Speakers for Agile Lyon 2025 is open on Sessionize and I've just submitted a session! "des têtes à tête souples et fructueux" sessionize.com/agile-lyon-202…

"Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself." Marcus Aurelius

Consider the relationship between faith and power. Are they mutually exclusive when each depends upon the other?

Yet another defense of story points over on the Lean-and-Agile group [t.ly/BrLp9] got me thinking I should repeat the following as a public service announcement: Re story points (vs story counting) don't work. Story points require estimation. So, any projections

Introverts don't "hate" socializing, they just love being at home. Cozy. Comfortable. No people. No drama. Just low-key chilling. Reading. Meditating. Listening music. Staring at walls. Watching movies. Thinking about life and all. For them, it's not boring, it's self-care.

“Do not climb a mountain for the world to see you. Climb a mountain for you to see the world.”

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” — Marcus Aurelius

Never let your sense of morale keep you from doing what’s right. Isaac Asimov

You are the only one you can ever change. Brad Warner