The Surprising Genius of 3D Printed Rockets youtu.be/kz165f1g8-E. For anyone who thinks agile can’t do hardware. Cycle time for VAC tool using waterfall=11 years, cycle time to first flight using agile =5 years. #veritasium

SVPG #ProductManagement Quote of the Day

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller

Joy In effect, this asserts that a 99% reduction in efficiency is less expensive than reducing effectiveness from 100% to 90%. There are probably more rigorous ways to think of efficiency & effectiveness, by viewing effectiveness as a scalar vs. binary variable.

Thank you to Sjoerd Nijland for reporting on the biggest risk to #agile.

"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that." - Adm. Grace Hopper

If you expect everybody to be 100% busy in a system, people will find ways to look busy, which hides waste and hurts flow. ~Mark Graban

A servant leader is a TRUE LEADER who SERVES by LEADING. Scrum Masters are not doormats. They lead the way for the Scrum Team and the Organization. This is achieved through coaching, facilitating, consulting, teaching, training, change agency, mentoring, agile mastery, and time.

NATHAN CHEN. OLYMPIC CHAMPION. #WinterOlympics

Dave van Herpen As I also said, it is one of the best methods for shifting things from (in Cynefin terms) liminal complex to complicated & there is huge value in its body of methods. I get irritated by some of the #shallowagile criticisms; mostly motivated by a desire to sell some alternative

10 Signs of Unsound Agile Individuals #agile #scrum #lean #agilecoach #agiletips wp.me/p6hPSi-7h?utm_…

The evidence is clear: open offices are bad for people and organizations. -27% more sick days -14% lower cognitive performance -70% less face-to-face interaction For the sake of health, productivity, and collaboration, let's design spaces with doors. nytimes.com/2022/09/08/opi…

"If you can hear this photo, then we should totally be friends. 😉" - patwillson (IG)

“If you’re doing big bang releases, monthly or yearly, you’re not doing this first principle - protecting your customers, revenue, and brand” Marty Cagan

A friendly reminder to the Product Managers out there - block your calendars for thinking time. We forget that #prodmgmt is a creative job at the end of the day. It's not about completing rote tasks, but about deep thinking. And for that you need time away from meetings.