“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.”  Peter Drucker “Nothing fails like success when you rely on the formula that worked yesterday.”  Tom Peters I’ve delivered software at scale, led Agile Release Trains, and worked with teams that understood their roles and delivery cycles. I thought I had a solid grasp of SAFe. Then I earned my SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC) certification. That’s when I began to see how mu

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.”— Stephen Hawking “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”— John F. Kennedy Haven't we all seen this? Executives get promoted because they are subject matter experts within their domain. Then one day they’re told to lead something completely different: an IT overhaul, an Agile rollout, a data modernization effort. Suddenly, they’re in charge of people who are working on somet

AI without experience is a bad call! My first job was as a cashier at Piggly Wiggly, a southern grocery store. The registers were manual,...

Promotions should be based on performance! “In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” – Warren...

Risks can turn into issues! “ Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” —Warren Buffett “Plans are worthless, but planning is...

Story points need to stay arbitrary! “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” —...

It's not just the plan, it's the execution! “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” John C. Maxwell “Most...

Definitions matter! “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.”  W. Edwards Deming “You...

Issues can become risks! If you're a program manager! “There will always be external and internal factors that influence [your] plan....

You should seek input for every significant initiative! "The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been...

What continuum? “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they’re not.” Albert Einstein “Just because it moves in...

Why do executives seem so out of touch? “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”  — Ralph Nader “The...

What other legacy processes should we rethink? "Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."   General George S....

Burnout is real! “Being busy is not the same as being productive.” – Tim Ferriss “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for...

The SMART acronym has changed! "Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." – Tony Robbins "You are never...

PMI has multiple approaches to risk management “Opportunities multiply as they are seized but so do risks when ignored.” – Sun Tzu “If...

AI doesn't solve everything! “Artificial intelligence would be the ultimate version of Google. The ultimate search engine that would...

Where is PMI heading with their Agile certifications? The Project Management Institute (PMI) has long been a source for project managers...

I was always curious about the difference between SAFe® and the Disciplined Agile Framework®. I currently have the PMI Agile Certified...

“If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in” Edsger Dijkstra "One...