Agile Complexification Inverter

"The 21st Century is when it all changes.  You've got to be ready."  -- Capt'n Jack Harkness What does a 21st Century company look like?  Here's some principles, some templates, some examples.  I believe the 21st century will see a movement toward companies being good social citizens (not money focused) these movements are already starting and we are only 14 years into this century.  Movements such as Conscious Capitalism, Sustainability, Triple Bottom Line, Lean/Agile, etc. I intend to work for one of these new breed of companies before the decade is done. A look at the No Manager movement at Treehouse  a learning company focused on learning... No Managers: Why We Removed Bosses at Treehouse How to set priorities, create budgets and do project management in a #NoManager company How salaries, career progression and reviews work in a #NoManager company How to communicate in a #NoManager company Kotter's 21st C Org Model Here's ...

Here's my online collaboration tools list.  It is an ever growing and contracting list.  I'd love to collaborate with you on this list - leave a comment with your best tool. Tools for collaboration on documents: http://drive.google.com   Google Docs http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki http://sync.in/ http://icloud.com - Apple's Pages, Numbers, KeyNote etc. http://www.zoho.com/ http://codebunk.com   collaborative platform for online technology interviews (code & run) http://usecandor.com/  - a better form of brainstorming (removes first in list bias) http://jsfiddle.net  a JavaScript development (IDE) collaboration tool on the web https://www.hylighter.com/ enables intensive collaboration through a unique color-coding mechanism and linking capability. https://cocalc.com Collaborative Calculation -  a  sophisticated web service  for online computation;  batteries included. http://www.work-visual.com This App exist...

When it come to being a messenger - we all should receive a Kevlar vest. So you have bad news - you feel that the upper management will not like to hear about it.  Here are two options. The Harvard Business Review recommends a simple 4 step process : Describe. Provide a general overview of the problem, and explain the impact. Be sure to position this in terms of what matters to your manager.  Identify a solution. Recommend a specific solution or approach, along with alternatives.  Analyze your solution. Share the pros and cons and explain the implications. Be prepared to discuss the risks or barriers that may be of concern to your boss.  Accept responsibility. Let your manager know that you are willing to take the responsibility for the outcome of your proposed approach.  Or you could use the Two Step : Lift carpet. Find somewhere to put the problem out of sight - out of mind.  Sweep. Keep sweeping the problem out of the bosses sight ...

If you've had beers with a few programmers, sometimes the conversation gets around to a one-ups-manship game of who's faced the worst bug.  One story I retold just the other day was about the IT department that was truncating long running connections at the firewall for security.  Silly programmers, we had written our applications to assume that a TCP/IP connection could last as long as the application needed it to last.  While it didn't take long to discover the bug, it did take weeks to clean it up - policy decision are the hardest to change.  Policy is not software - it is ink & paper signed in blood-ware.  Much harder that hardware.  Capable of withstanding krypton drills and sharks with frigin laser beams . Here's a picture of the first-ever computer bug. "One of the primary programmers for the Mark I was a woman, Grace Hopper . Hopper found the first computer "bug": a dead moth that had gotten into the Mark I and whose wings were blocking the...

My father-in-law just sent this - I don't know who compiled the list but it is a wonderful list.  Lot's of Twain.  Are you going to read his recently published autobiography (posthumously published 100 years) ?  And that Anonymous guy is witty. I found it funny that Amazon was advertising " The Autobiography of Mark Twain (Perennial Classics)." How did the book get into that category so quickly? 1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.  -- John Adams   2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain   3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But, then, I repeat myself.    -- Mark Twain    4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. ...