Software

Unlock the untapped potential in your retrospectives. Discover the small changes that make big differences, drawn from almost 10 years of practical experience running retrospectives.

This book teaches kids between 10 and 14 years old the basics of programming. You need a Mac computer to follow along with the examples. The examples use Terminal, nano, Ruby and irb. (Yes, I'm serious!) (Leanpub authors: The GitHub repository for this book is here, as an example!)

In the mid-2010s, I watched teams drown under unrelenting backlogs, firefighting at every turn, and ceremonies that solved nothing. Holy Land Kanban tells the true story of how we sketched our first Kanban board in Israel—and discovered an alternative to “Agile By the Book.” In these pages you’ll learn how to:Make work visible, so no task lurks in shadowLimit WIP, freeing teams to finish rather than fragmentPull delivery, letting demand guide flow instead of pushing chaosEstablish feedback rhythms that drive real learningEvolve your system one experiment at a timeWhether you’re piloting dozens of AI projects, grappling with product-ops complexity, or simply seeking speed without spin, these timeless Kanban patterns will help you regain clarity, calm, and traction—today and for years to come.

Perhaps you've been a team manager, project manager, or possibly a business analyst. You may be a tester or even a software developer. Maybe you've been through a good number of projects and have experienced the highs of success and fallen in a few potholes along the way. Well, your team or organization has decided that they want to "go Agile" and you've been volun-told to be the ScrumMaster. Congratulations! You've had a few days of training, but now what?

Reach for your language and standard library instead of reaching for external code. Get the most out of your Go distribution and leverage the amazing standard library to solve your programming problems.

Successor: https://leanpub.com/TonsOfTips4EA

This ebook on A3 Problem Solving is meant to demystify some of what people know and hear about A3s

A curated collection of my essays about cultures, people, and teams from my blog. Discover how something as simple as coffee can demonstrate how "normal" is inherently context-dependent, what ducks can teach us about translation, and why a sales person told me that he wouldn't use his company's software either. [See note about pricing, below.]