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What I’ve been reading this week ending 8 June 2025

Is modular building a fix for NY’s housing crisis? State officials hope so. — Gothamist

Jun 8

Jun 8

The most interesting things I’ve learned about improvement

Originally from my old blog posted on 14 August 2013.

Jun 3

The most interesting things I’ve learned about improvement

Jun 3

Feature Aggregates: strategic vs tactical prioritisation

Originally posted on my old blog on Nov 2011

Jun 2

Feature Aggregates: strategic vs tactical prioritisation

Jun 2

DIY leadership development program for people who didn’t get nominated

I’ve always thought it would be more useful to have everyone participate in leadership development programs rather than just the limited…

May 1

Leaders leaving due to retirement and churn. Where do the backfill leaders come from? Leadership development!

May 1

DIY leadership development: DIY capstone project(s)

Why?

Apr 30

High impact, Low visibility: Improve visibility first; Low impact, Low visibility: “Snacking”; High impact, High visibility: Target for capstone projects; Low impact, High visibility: “Preening”

Apr 30

DIY leadership development: Stay connected with the broader industry.

Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash

Apr 24

DIY leadership development: Stay connected with the broader industry.

Apr 24

DIY leadership development: Develop relationships across the organisation.

AKA develop your internal reputation and network.

Apr 13

Getting things done = Team capability + Ability to influence stakeholders + Ability to influence teams you depend on. Relationships affect the ability to influence.

Apr 13

Thoughts from Agile India 2025 — the finale

I recently presented at and attended Agile India 2025, the last one.

Mar 29

Mar 29

DIY leadership development: Learn how the business works

Understand how the business works in terms of business model, key products, and key business processes.

Mar 18

DIY leadership development: Learn how the business works

Mar 18

Platform migration size vs Predictability of migration effort vs Platform customer satisfaction

The larger the platform migration, the more predictable it needs to be to maintain customer satisfaction. Small migrations are both…

Mar 16

2x2 matrix of size of platform migration vs predictability of migration effort required. Large migrations that are less predictable lead to low platform customer satisfaction. Large migrations that are more predictable lead to better platform customer satisfaction. Small migrations are inherently more predictable and lead to better platform customer satisfaction.

Mar 16

Jason Yip

Jason Yip

Senior Manager Product Engineering at Grainger. Extreme Programming, Agile, Lean guy. Ex-Spotify, ex-ThoughtWorks, ex-CruiseControl

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