Thursday, April 26, 2012

Steve Jobs - Lessons in Leadership


I just completed reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs.

The book chronicles the life of Steve Jobs and his impact of various industries including: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

It Starts with Why


How do great leaders inspire action? According to Simon Sinek, it starts not by asking What or How, but by asking Why.

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Monday, July 04, 2011

Reflections on Eliyahu Goldratt


I was saddened to learn about the recent death of Eli Goldratt.

Goldratt was a prolific writer, having written two of my favorite management novels, The Goal and Critical Chain. Both of these novels described Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC) management philosophy.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Software Development Best Practices


As a consultant in the software industry, I am always looking out for best practices, to help my clients put in place what is needed to build better software products.

A colleague of mine recently shared some best practices adopted by the Software Program Managers Network (or SPMN).

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