As I sit here typing this, I realized the amount of change that has happened in this specific area of my life over the years. When you are young[er] you may focus on people that share similar environments to you as people that you want to spend time with. This is a time of convenience … Continue reading The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 3: The People You Spend Time With
Tag: improvement
Slightly Anecdotal Feedback on the State of Agile Transformation and Agile Coaches
I've been extremely humbled to be involved in what can only be called a "transformation of a way of doing work" a.k.a. agility for close to two decades. In that time, the corporate "we" have watched as concepts such as kanban and Scrum have taken root and values such as collaboration between customers and people … Continue reading Slightly Anecdotal Feedback on the State of Agile Transformation and Agile Coaches
The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 2: The Food You Eat
If you know me, you know that I haven't always had the most healthy habits around food. For the better part of my life, growing up in the 70s and 80s, I ate processed foods as well as highly refined sugars in the form of really tasty stuff. Yes, I admit it, I enjoy desserts! … Continue reading The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 2: The Food You Eat
The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 1: The Books You Read
As I was scrolling through the Insta's this morning, I was reminded of the need to constantly and relentlessly improve. Wow, that sounded really arrogant and maybe that is the reason why this simple list of "things" from Jay Vallotton impacted me more than the simple self-improvement post that I oftentimes just glide by. Not … Continue reading The Person You Will Be in 5 years, Part 1: The Books You Read
Are we asking the wrong questions again?
This morning I had to answer a diversity questionnaire and I think we are asking the wrong questions again. First, I get the sociology of what got us to this point. I'm not someone with "my head in the sand." I understand the last several hundred years of history and while I don't necessarily agree with the extremity of the pendulum swing, within our current constructs, I get it.
Joshua Thinks 