Why Am I Here?

Why Am I Here?

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In the day-to-day grind at work, it is easy to lose ourselves in details. Sometimes the details are important, often they are not. We attend meeting after meeting, produce report after report, fill out template after template, complain, discuss things in circles, and maybe do some actual work. Admittedly, maybe it isn’t that bad...

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7 Easy Ways to Model & Visualize Your Ideas

7 Easy Ways to Model & Visualize Your Ideas

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We all need to brainstorm and communicate ideas, plan new projects, and look at our work from a new perspective. Whether you are planning, selling, marketing, managing, designing, creating, testing, or supporting new products and services, you need to find effective and efficient ways to be more creative, connect with others, and evolve...

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Series: Fast Food Lessons

Series: Fast Food Lessons

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Many people who know me are surprised to find out that I worked at McDonald’s in high school. Why? … because I am a vegan! Before you get side-tracked, I assure you that I did not become vegan because of the food I ate when I worked there. I’ll leave it at that (although, looking back, it should have been a reason). I remember...

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Is My Scrum Master Helping or Hindering?

Is My Scrum Master Helping or Hindering?

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  I started working with several Agile teams in the same organization who switched to Agile at about the same time. While there have been some consistencies in the coaching and mentoring they receive, they have had dramatically different experiences, particularly in their successes and challenges. One thing I have been wondering...

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Activities for Observational Skills

Activities for Observational Skills

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When I managed a department I often made time for fun activities with my staff. The best part about many of the activities is that they were also learning activities that related to the work that we did. So, learning = fun! When projects (or life) get chaotic it is easy to get caught up in the little details and forget the big picture....

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