Creak, then crack
June 20, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsAs things grow, as the project or the team or the complexity grows, the systems you had at the beginning – which probably involved a lot of your head and... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
The breach
June 19, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsSomething went wrong. With the process or the product or the relationship. Now it’s broken. Not everything can be repaired, but more than you think. If it’s worth saving –... Read more
Column two
June 18, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThere are two kinds of things to be done, the things you have to do and the things you want to do. Which takes precedence? The column headed Have To.... Read more
To build consensus
June 17, 2019 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsSo you start to build consensus. You do it by drawing pictures whenever the conversation turns interesting. Back of the napkin, big whiteboards, scraps of paper – at every meeting... Read more
One customer
June 16, 2019 12:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWho is your customer? I don’t mean, who are your customers? These are the ones who pay the money to keep everything spinning around here. They’re important and attention worthy... Read more