Mar 8, 2017 | AgileAus, Feature Articles, Guest Blogs
Knowledge breadth vs depth Discover a model for career-long learning with Neal Ford, a Software Architect at ThoughtWorks and a speaker at Agile Australia 2017. This article is based on architect Mark Richards’ Knowledge Pyramid. Ford and Richards are co-presenters in...
Feb 24, 2017 | AgileAus, Feature Articles, Guest Blogs
What Nobody Tells You About Leadership With AgileAus17 centred around the concepts of learning and leading, Melinda Harrington explains what nobody tells you about leadership. Almost everyone who takes this quiz misses the first question. Here it is: According...
Feb 16, 2017 | AgileAus, Feature Articles, Guest Blogs
Does your company suffer from Gratitude Deficit Disorder? In this article, Melbourne University Professor of Positive Psychology, Dr Lea Waters, shows us how gratitude can play a surprisingly significant role in workplace culture. When was the last time someone...
Feb 14, 2017 | AgileAus, Feature Articles, Guest Blogs
Do you have a lightning talk inside of you? Katrina Kolt explains how to tell a great story in just five minutes! At last year’s TEDX Melbourne, I inadvertently found myself up on stage. I say inadvertently, because when the MC asked the crowd who had a Ted talk...
Jan 24, 2017 | AgileAus, Feature Articles, Guest Blogs
What is Good Product Strategy? Hear from AgileAus 2017 speaker Melissa Perri on building good product strategy. “What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” When I replay this scene in my head, I can hear the CTO very audibly yelling (slash pleading) with our...
Dec 9, 2016 | AgileAus, Feature Articles, Guest Blogs
Esther Derby on Creating Great Teams Agile legend Esther Derby explores how managers can form teams that people actually want to be a part of!) As a consultant and expert in organisational dynamics, I’ve worked with scores of organisations, and over the course of four...