Some of Our Favorite Reads

Interview with Doug Kirkpatrick, startup team member of Morning Star and co-founder of the Morning Star Self-Management Institute. Famous for being built on their principles of self-management, which has led to that Morning Star is today the largest tomato processing in the... Read more

A conversation about taking care of your parents, the 20-40-60 rule about human empathy, women at work, and more. Continue Reading → The post The Blunder Years, Episode 7: Aging parents + “Everybody is nuts” appeared first on The Context Of Things.... Read more

Here is an attempt to establish a definition of Output, Outcome and Impacts! It is based on my interpretation of the work of Jeff Patton, Marty Cagan and Clayton Christensen, with some good input from Gojko Adzic, John Seddon and John Cutler.... Read more

A mycorrhiza ia a symbiosis between a fungus and a green plant. The plant captures… The post mycorrhiza: Introduction appeared first on Cognitive Edge.... Read more

(This is a contributed post) Starting off with your business can often feel like you are climbing a mountain. There is so much to think about, so much that you can do, that it can often feel like a huge task and... Read more

I’ve been meaning to write about the “forest cycle” or the supposed necessity of chaos… The post Breaking the forest cycle appeared first on Cognitive Edge.... Read more

I'm largely a failure as I near the end of my 30s, and I need to own that and start the process of doing better. Continue Reading → The post Crawling towards 39, mostly pathetic, and trying to get to a place... Read more

How I am able to make my mark at the best tech company in Singapore As I sat down to put these thoughts together, I asked myself if I expected to be penning this piece three years into my journey with ThoughtWorks,... Read more

From time to time in social media I resist the temptation to respond when people… The post Separated by a common language? appeared first on Cognitive Edge.... Read more

(This is a contributed post) Running a fleet business can be a lucrative opportunity. When exploring new opportunities for your career, moving into the fleet industry can open up a lot of doors for you. Today we are going to speak about... Read more

Does Your Backlog Suck? Kanban Can Help! Agile backlogs can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand we have a list of things we need to do that is ever-evolving and is potentially estimated. It may have detail... Read more

A little dialogue about five and 10-year plans, Instagram likes, sleep, North Stars, and children learning to play golf. Continue Reading → The post The Blunder Years, Episode 6: Five-year plans, North Stars, and Instagram likes appeared first on The Context Of... Read more

  (This is a contributed post) Often we look at small startups that seem to come out of nowhere and wonder how we could ever make the transition from employee to entrepreneur. One of the main hurdles we face when choosing to... Read more

Why chatbots? Written language and speech are rapidly becoming the user interface of the future. We already see that voice assistants (like Alexa or Siri) or textual chatbots are influencing the technology and the way we’re using it. In this article, we... Read more

(This is a contributed post) If something isn’t sitting right within your business, it’s time to change it. When things aren’t working, you’re wasting time and money, and could soon find yourself without the people and resources to run your business effectively.... Read more

Digital transformation is reshaping how companies and entire sectors operate, while technologies such as artificial intelligence are changing our jobs and lives. In this mercurial business climate, employers realize that the experience of their employees is what makes the difference between success... Read more

When was the last time you were in the flow while working through some code? Reading code or doing code reviews..... The post Refactoring towards speed-reading appeared first on Tasktop Blog.... Read more

Work-life balance, losing parents and losing kids, not being able to give 110 percent at work anymore, and the "value chasm" of individuals. Continue Reading → The post The Blunder Years, Episode 5: The Encouragement Engineer and the “reality of life kicking... Read more

What is JAFAC? Born out of a desire to attend a conference full of speakers we really would like to hear from, the Nomad8 team decided to create the event we craved. JAFAC is a relatively small but carefully crafted conference that... Read more

Everything in some organizations can feel important and urgent and "I needed this yesterday." A lot of that is just BS. Continue Reading → The post Yea, uh, sorry Bill, but no one in this office actually cares about that thing appeared... Read more