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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Dysfunctions of (Agile) Teams
Over the holiday break I read Patrick Lencioni‘s “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable“. The premise is that each dysfunction builds upon the dysfunction before it. Much like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Below is an illustration of [...]
Posted in Agile, Integrum, Productivity
Tagged accountability, Agile, commitment, conflict, excellence, focus, innovation, Integrum, motivation, pair programming, planning, politics, results, team, teams, teamwork, theory, trust
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Art in Unlikely Places / Downtown Revitalization
Revitalizing an area and encouraging urban infill is about more than attracting new business to a location. It really is about building community and getting people involved. One thing I love about downtown Chandler’s effort is that they understand that [...]
Posted in Chandler, Creativity
Tagged art, chandler, Community, downtown, economic development, photography
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Entrepreneurship Through Bureaucracy
Jose Diaz had posted on Twitter that NTFE was teaching entrepreneurship to youth and was disappointed that Phoenix didn’t have an office. This sounded like something that might fit nicely with Gangplank Jr, so I decided to take a look.
From [...]
Posted in Creativity, Education, Gangplank
Tagged bureaucracy, curriculum, entrepreneurship, gangplankjr, ntfe, twitter
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San Tan Regional Park
I have been talking about Arizona and the fiscal problems with our state park system of late. I was starting to feel hypocritical because not only do I own an RV, but I hadn’t gotten off my ass and enjoyed [...]
Posted in AZ, Explore Arizona, Personal
Tagged arizona, hiking, motivation, park, regional park, san tan regional park, state park
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Sunday Review: Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn
Thumbs up means I highly recommend reading the book. A thumbs down means read something else unless you have free time on your hands.
Take Away: Estimating and Planning involves a lot of proven science, if you want to understand [...]
Posted in Agile, Integrum, Sunday Book Review
Tagged Agile, estimating, planning, process, reading, theory
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Downtown Chandler Events for January
Stupid Monday Movies
Every Monday @ San Tan Brewery (9pm)
Mutants, Freaks, and Nerds tend to inhabit the SanTan Brewery, and that’s just the Staff! Watching bad movies is generally a guilty secret for most people. Anyone who has seen Point Break [...]
