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The Agile Manifesto in the Age of Gen AI
Is the Agile Manifesto Ready for an Upgrade? It has been quite a break. Regularly posting on LinkedIn provided me an opportunity to find a theme that would resonate in the rapidly changing world of product development. While my efforts to archive those posts were lackluster, a calculated choice I own, I now have a
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Upset Them, Wake Them Up: How to Own Your Platform and Your Point
The messenger matters, but less than the message. Full stop. That is the big takeaway. Thanks to Jonathan Jackson for the photos from the event. Tip 1 – Be prepared for almost anything– Bring file backups, just in case– Have connection options if you are sharing slides– If you have or can afford two laptops,
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What Being Trapped in an Elevator Taught Me
Hello, it’s 2026. Getting trapped for over 2 hours in an elevator was not on my bingo card for the year. In fact, it was not on my bucket list either. And yet, it still happened. Guess what, there was nothing I could do about it. So, what did the experience teach you, Tim? Here
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Going Full Circle: The Dallas Tech Exchange x Toyota Connected
Full circle week last week. It all landed perfectly on May 14th. I did not lobby for the stage. I just kept showing up, promoting the DTX community, and being involved. The photos and screenshots tell the story. These things take time. For me, it is about the natural cycles. Just like seasons, it works
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From Failing to Flow: How to Avoid Falling Behind
Do you ever get the impression that you are playing catch-up? By that I mean trying to stay current with the changes in your discipline or career field. For me, it is all a bit overwhelming at times. But then I remember that I have a near-infinite capacity to learn and grow. I was preparing
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I Broke My Nose at Work: What Pain Taught Me About Focus
Pain is an educator. It acts as an indicator to warn us of something being wrong or off. We ignore pain at our own peril. Maybe the picture shows the extent of my pain. Possibly it does not. Once you learn the story, you might think differently. It starts with a wall. Not just any
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In the Wrong Room for the Right Reason: Blue‑Collar Grit in White‑Collar Work
There are moments when I know I’m in the wrong room for the right reason. Last week held one of those moments. Being able to reflect on participating in a 2-day complexity masterclass confirmed for me the need to have “blue-collar sensibility in white-collar dialogue”. Allow me to set the stage. For a few months,
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Hackathon Joy: How Preparation, Whiteboards, and the Right People Changed Everything
Nearly a week past the CodeLaunch U.S. hackathon, and I am still amazed at what we accomplished as a team. It proved to me that with the right people on a team, anything is possible. I write this because we were done with the “build, polish, and shine” nearly 3 hours before the end of
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Special Operators in Street Clothes: Captaining the DUnderdogs at CodeLaunch
I’m doing this scared. This is hackathon weekend, and I’m doing something I would never have imagined I would be doing 5, 10, or even 25 years ago. I’m the captain of DUnderdogs, with the Professional Coding League (PCL), as part of CodeLaunch‘s U.S. competition. This particular post will be somewhat misplaced, a bit out-of-synch.
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From Carnival Cruise Lines to The Great Inversion: Choosing Respect Over Being Liked
Just before graduating from college, I was invited to interview in Miami, Florida, for a position with Carnival Cruise Line. On my prioritized company list, Carnival did not even break the Top 10, let alone the Top 25. In fact, Carnival was not even on my “coolest companies to work for after college graduation” list.