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Category Archives: AgileAmr Elssamadisy, editor in chief of the Agile Journal, is a friend and colleague. I love his response in the November 2008 issue to the frequent question “How do I get person X to do action Y.” Read it here: … Continue reading Strange Attractors I skipped the Toronto Agile 2008 conference this year in August. But when the call for proposals was out back in January I heard from Portia Tung that she’d read my article on Personal Agility and wished I … Continue reading Team Building Shmeme-building… The good folks at Agile University yesterday published my team building commentary titled: How to Frustrate, Thwart, and Ultimately Bring Down Any Team in 4 Easy Steps Without Even Trying. Click the AU link above to read … Continue reading I just finished my Blog Talk Radio show Lead Team Succeed. Today’s segment was Team Leadership Communications Skills for Team Building. You are probably listening to it now if you have your sound on. In this hour-long show I shared … Continue reading Responsibility Redefined received a favorable mention last week at the Agile 2008 conference in Toronto (even though I wasn’t there for the first time in years) and was written up in InfoQ: InfoQ: Touchy Feely Impediments to Agile Adoption I … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile 2008, Amr Elssamadisy, InfoQ, soft skills, touchy feely
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Let’s get together in Atlanta, Georgia September 25th and 26th, 2008 for the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) Atlanta Leadership Summit. This is one of several regional leadership summits APLN hosts each year around the country to great success. I’m … Continue reading If you care about personal, team, and organizational agility, run—don’t walk—to buy Agile Adoption Patterns: A Roadmap to Organizational Success. Author Amr Elssamadisy has a rich background helping companies adopt agile practices. Amr has worked with Thoughtworks and Valtech (where … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, Agile Adoption Patterns, Amr Elssamadisy, Book Review, Elssamadisy, Gemba, organizational, responsibility redefined, success
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This is an update to my earlier blog post about speaking at QCon in San Francisco. We now know the date is Wednesday, November 19. Here’s the line-up. See you in San Francisco in November. Share the knowledge Recommend on … Continue reading People ask “Christopher, are you still working in agile project management, software development, and IT in general?” You bet! Just because demand for Responsibility Redefined™ is spreading to other areas (and especially to executive leadership!) does not mean I’ve left … Continue reading
Posted in Agile, Leadership, Teamwork
Tagged Agile, Amr Elssamadisy, David West, Kent Beck, Knowledge Team Leadership, Leadership, Linda Rising, QCon, Teamwork
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In a May post I showed you the brief video I created to promote my keynote for Agile Business Conference 2008 (ABC2008). That video along with the other keynoter’s videos is now posted at the conference site. Share the knowledge … Continue reading |