Archive for May, 2010

LoC & Mary Parker Follet

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

While in Washington D.C. last month, for the first time I visited the U.S. Library of Congress. Guided by writer and experienced LoC researcher David Schmaltz, I received a temporary library card to research early management thought. In the glorious reading room under its amazing dome, I held two precious books. One, an (out of [...]

Retrospective Short Subjects II

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

In Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great! Esther Derby and I include a collection of activities we called, “Short Subjects.” (page 122) After Gathering Data, these useful activities provide relatively quick ways to review event, effort, and response data; reflect on the implications of the data; and Generate Insights about team experiences. We listed these [...]