Recently I spoke with a team of very frustrated Scrum developers. They were frustrated because they felt like all they were doing for the past year was chasing features and that the product manager really had no clue where they…

Sitting with the top 20 leaders of a company recently, I listened intently as they attempted to solve a very sensible business issue. They came up with a lot of very sensible suggestions that presented a rational path moving forward…

The most difficult aspect of the pragmatic approach to management is its simplicity. It appears blatantly obvious, and for some readers there may be a sense of ‘Your telling me to suck eggs’. Yet, it is keeping this practical perspective…

Pragmatism (prag’ma-tiz’im) is defined as a practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems. It is also one of the most difficult things to achieve when working to promote ‘Best Practice’ and emphasizing the need to…