Polymathic

Digital transformation, higher education, innovation, technology, professional skills, management, and strategy


September 2018

  • Eliminating the Product Owner Role

    “The Product Owner role no longer exists” I recently announced to an entire department in a large company. A few POs looked a bit shocked and concerned. What would they do instead? Before I get into who or what would replace the PO role, let me offer a bit of background on this group…. Read… Continue reading

  • 26 Favorite Books of High Achievers

    26 Favorite Books of High Achievers

    “While attending an entrepreneurs reunion at Stanford, I heard Conley (founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality) speak about how he built a unique, winning culture in the topsy-turvy hospitality industry…. Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/26-books-anyone-thirsting-for-success-should-read.html Continue reading

  • 13 Books These High Achievers Say Helped Them Get Ahead

    Reading is good for you in many ways. It fosters creativity, self-improvement and open-mindedness. Researchers even have determined it can help you live longer. Here are popular titles suggested by more than a dozen successful executives…. Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/13-books-read-by-successful-people.html Continue reading

  • DOES18 London – The PMO is dead, long live the PMO – Jonathan Smart & Morag McCall

    Jonathan Smart, Head of Working Ways, BarclaysBarclays started focusing on continuous improvement in enterprise-wide agility and DevOps in 2015. As per the Theory of Constraints, focusing on the biggest constraint to flow, we have been shifting left in the end to end value stream, into Portfolio Man… Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-fol1vkPlM Continue reading

  • Make Something Great: Become an Open Source Contributor

    My first contribution to Bootstrap was a tiny line of CSS. It was a no-brainer to merge, but the feeling of seeing that bit of code in the project’s codebase was unreal and addictive. You may think that open source is not for you. After all, it has always been a developer-dominant ecosystem…. Read full… Continue reading

About Me

Digital transformation, including agile and devops, across many industries, most recently in higher education. Designed and built the Emory faculty information system. Working in continuing education to improve and expand career-focused learning, esp. in workforce development. Expanding the role of innovation and entrepreneurship. Designed, built, and launched the Emory Center for Innovation.

Favorite sites

  • Daring Fireball

Favorite podcasts

  • Manager Tools

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