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The Real Constraint
4–6 minutes
“We have governance, so we’re secure. But we can’t work.” I heard this from a client a while ago, and it stayed with me. They had a business need that required prompt action, but the request was stuck, and the internal approval was the part they could see. Naturally, it got the blame. My honest…
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Growing Without Losing Our Own Style
4–7 minutes
On autonomy, feedback, and finding an effective style of our own Professional development is supposed to make us grow. We take feedback, adapt to different personalities, and get exposed to different ways of working. But sometimes feedback is just the method the person giving it would have chosen. Of course, this is one way we…
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Protecting Momentum: What I Am Learning About Making Things Happen
3–4 minutes
Projects rarely stall because someone decided to stop them; momentum tends to fade slowly, mainly due to delays, dependencies, unanswered questions, or waiting. I got an early taste of this when I led one of the largest application lifecycle projects in our portfolio. It was extremely complex, with limited resources, no clear ownership, and many…
