Geoff Mazeroff

Communication How to talk about climate change so people actually care (via TED) Use plain, obvious, neutral language so that people understand. Ex: pollution blanket instead of climate change. Focus on the individuals, not the issues. “Awakenings are personal, locally…

Business Don’t Hire Top Talent; Hire for Weaknesses. (via Software Lead Weekly) This post had a thorough set of descriptions to differentiate the talent mindset from the weakness mindset. Why you should invest in undervalued people (via Software Lead Weekly)…

Business Research: How to Get Better at Killing Bad Projects (via Harvard Business Review) Many of the stage gates (i.e., no/no-go decisions) may have information that’s unavailable or unreliable. Instead watch the market in which the assumptions rose to bring…

Agile Top-10 Objectives for Agile Coaches (via Marten den Haring) This post has some connections to some very deep topics, especially around organizational structure and culture. I’ve added Laloux’s book to my to-read list. Some areas I’ll be focusing on…

Business How to Shift from Selling Products to Selling Services (via Harvard Business Review) You can’t just sell a three-year license of a software product and leave them alone. SaaS typically works by billing for consumption, like water and electricity…

Agile Summary: The Agile Coaching DNA This book was part of my professional development as an Agile coach. This book walks around the landscape of Agile coaching, why it exists, and whom it serves. It’s full of activities any coach…

Agile Value Definition in Agile Transformation (via Leading Agile) This article about business value and IT value alignment reminded me of the Steve Maraboli quotation about relationships, “Let’s not forget it’s you and me vs. the problem… NOT you vs….

Civics What if we replaced elected politicians with randomly selected citizens? Sounds like a wonderful idea, and it appears the pilot for the concept was a success. I agree that our current solution has optimized for the wrong criteria, and…

Agile 5 Things That Maximize the Value of Training (via Leading Agile) Know what problem you’re trying to solve. Have that purpose in mind. Make sure the people you send actually want to be there and know why they’re there….

Agile Eliminating Barriers to Business Agility with Governance (via Leading Agile) Dependencies are how organizational impediments arise. If you have few dependencies between teams, a governance model is too much overhead. However, it may not make sense to break some…