Writings
Thoughts on AI engineering, flow metrics, building products, and lessons from 25+ years in tech.
“How did you go bankrupt?”
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly.
Flow Efficiency, a Health-System parable
Meet Alice. She is ill, and she depends on the public health system to discover and treat her disease.
Flow Efficiency, common sources of waiting time
Stop looking to the people; Start looking to the work
The Learning Dojo
Redefining the relationship between learning, time and space
The Stack Overflow developer survey results 2018 data is huge!
For the sixth year in a row, JavaScript is the most commonly used programming language. Python has risen in the ranks, surpassing C# this year, much like it surpassed PHP last year.
Attributes of a strong tribe
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If you are in a position in your company where you can influence the organisation and culture design, do the world a ...
1) Create the space and necessary conditions for immersive, intentional, regular, inclusive and contextualised learning take place 2) Enable your people to learn how to learn 3) Motivate them to want
Segmenting your market by customer purpose
Building fit-for-purpose products and services
Better than solving a problem is to dissolve it by redesigning the system it belongs to so that the problem no longer...
Epistemology of Effectiveness
The wisdom of Ackoff
The four types of metrics
Building fit-for-purpose products and services
Fitness for purpose
The London black taxi cab service, consisting of the product component (the cab) and the service delivery component (the driver), is…
Prefer Capability over Maturity Models.
Don't fall into the trap of maturity models that focus on helping you “arrive” at a targeted mature state and then declare it done - It's a continuous improvement paradigm. The technology and business landscape is ever-changing - Allow your model to be multidimensional and dynamic, with different parts of the organisation focusing on the capabilities that will give them the biggest bang for the buck based on their unique context - Don't measure technical proficiency or tooling install base without tying it to business outcomes.
The dimensions of tribal behaviour
Gaining access to the deepest and strongest humans motivators
I had fun speaking today at the Brisbane DevOps Meetup.
Communities of practice are a vital component of our industry, and still, they do not happen without the dedication of people like Michael Villis, Matt Callanan and Angus Scown. Today, I could testify the beautiful work that they are doing supporting the Brisbane community.
Lot of fun today at the Amazon Innovation Day in Sydney.
All Elabor8rs got a nice gift today for the International Women’s Day.
The first day of #YOW17 in Sydney was very engaging.
Engineering Effectiveness
A value-centric approach and a product of wisdom
Excited to hear Andrew Thorpe and Lucille Manuele presenting the vision for our new operating model.
Thank you Belo Horizonte and São Paulo for having us!
Which country should be the next to receive the Hiring Tournament?
Hey Sao Paulo!
Access http://elabor8.technology to know more.
Incredible energy yesterday in our talk at Agile Australia.
One of the highlights from my talk yesterday at Agile Australia 2017.
Excited to present Memories from the Trenches at Agile Australia 2017 in partnership with Cameron Newman.
If you haven't registered yet, some tickets are still available. Elabor8 is proudly sponsoring the conference.
Facilitating a session today at Sydney Agile Coach Meetup about mental models, how organisations operate behind the s...
This new movement is the age of the “learning workers.” Yes, these people largely have college degrees and advanced t...
Awesome Kanban System Design Class yesterday with Laurent Pernetta, Sonya Y., Wen qing Du, Ian Donaldson, Becci Watso...
Great Team #Kanban Practitioner class this month in Sydney.
