When my daughter was learning to ride a bike I could only hold on to the back of the seat and tell her to pedal for so long before I had to let go. The first time I let go, she rode into a holly bush at the end of the driveway. I gave her […]
The knack of flying and landing
“There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. Its knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss. “Pick a nice day, it suggests, and try it. The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness […]
Failure is not an option – NO! Failure is the only option!
As someone who has many years of experience as both a project manager and a scrum master I can say with authority that letting go of control of a team is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in my career. Another equally difficult thing to to allow a team to fail. Failure […]