Mindset ⁽⁶⁾

Remember science experiments back in school? When was the last time you asked five why’s in a row?Keeping an experimenter mindset is hard. Science is effective because it is constantly testing theories against reality. The great scientist Richard Feynman once said “We are trying to…

I am a big fan of Blue Ocean strategy. In blue oceans competition is irrelevant because the market space is unexplored. Demand has to be created and there is ample opportunity for growth. One blue ocean strategy tool is the Eliminate-Reduce-Raise-Create (ERRC) Grid. I like…

I was fortunate to recognise Agile as a mindset when working in video game development. When I look back to video games I have delivered, the Agile mindset was championed by people. I remember the creative effort, the fun moments, and the long hours past…

Chaos Theory remains a very relevant topic years after my Astrophysics studies. Chaos is the science of surprises. It is a framework to understand nonlinear systems that are effectively impossible to predict or control. We have all experienced different forms of chaos in life and…

Do you have a favorite project you have worked on? Mine was the redesign and re-platform of www.topgear.com. It was a great project because the culture came first. Before Scrum team hiring started, myself and my Product Manager influenced a desired culture based on project…