Shift Happens - and sometimes it's Tectonic 24 Jan 2010 | 03:40 am

Shift Happens - and sometimes it's Tectonic 23 Jan 2010 | 10:51 pm

The earthquake in Haiti has been tragic. Hundreds of thousands killed, injured, left homeless, their lives disrupted beyond resolution. Tectonic plates shift and nothing is ever like it was again.It's...

Stupid Human Tricks and System-antics 20 Jul 2008 | 05:56 am

Stupid Human Tricks and System-antics 20 Jul 2008 | 02:47 am

In David's recent PureSchmaltz blog post Going Organic, he fleshes out a notion he calls "management-ism", and recommends the ethic of "working the system so the system can work" - something that ofte...

Mapping Relationships 4 Mar 2008 | 02:52 pm

Mapping Relationships 4 Mar 2008 | 10:50 am

David's been blogging at Pure Schmaltz about the usefulness of (and some techniques for) mapping the relationships needed to make work work well.Lately there has been a lot in the trades about social ...

Shifting Metaphors 4 Jan 2008 | 09:46 am

Shifting Metaphors 4 Jan 2008 | 05:16 am

These days, every time I get in front of a group, the topic of shifted metaphors comes up. Inevitably, whether at a gathering of Agile practitioners in San Francisco, a Stanford class of Program Manag...

Magic! 20 Nov 2007 | 06:36 am

Magic! 20 Nov 2007 | 02:10 am

Last week's Mastering Projects Workshop was, once again, magical! What started as a group of strangers rapidly coalesced into a community of interest. When we finished we were walking on a cloud, fini...