Tuesday, 27 January 2009
What is craftsmanship?
Posted by Simon Baker
I just stumbled on a note I made before Christmas on a tweet from Brian Marick that provided a definition for craft. I tweaked it ever so slightly:
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
Create the environment for people to act empowered
Posted by Simon Baker
Granting authority (and freedom) to someone doesn't guarantee they will be empowered. If the environment is unsafe, or perceived to be unsafe, then the fear factor is likely to be too great for that person to speak up or take action. It feels like empowerment is something that comes from the environment itself. It's constructed between people, by the actions they take individually in the (physical and mental) space they occupy.
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Saturday, 10 January 2009
No excuses: Concept To Cash Every Week
Posted by Simon Baker
I mentioned before that we'd been invited to do a session at London QCon in the track: Turning on a sixpence: Technical skills for agile development. We finally got around to completing the abstract:
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