Taking time off your career to have a baby is a big change, but the prospect of returning to work after 12months is sometimes even scarier. A lot can change in 12months and all of a sudden your CV can be missing some of the current trending skills. Well having gone through this recently with […]
Read more "Free Agile coaching for new mums returning to work"On a stupidly early train to Kings Cross from Leeds #Yorkshire. I ignored the McDonalds at the station in favour of playing food roulette with Virgin Train’s offering. Normally this would be a lose situation as I find the double sausage and egg mcmuffin quite palatable. However I have a first class ticket so I’m […]
Read more "Virgin Trains – first class breakfast"A selection of some of my agile coaching books. If I’ve missed any of your recommendations drop me a comment below and I’ll add it to my reading list. Drive – Dan Pink Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd; Main edition (13 Jan. 2011) Simon Sinek – Start With Why Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: […]
Read more "Agile coaching books – my reading list"Used this a few times with the teams I have coached. It’s a great step up from the traditional retrospective – with the added bonus of making the teams think about potential pitfalls that lay in wait for them. I find this retro works best if you draw the picture out on a large whiteboard first […]
Read more "Future Facing Retrospective"Yorkshire Agile’s annual lightening talk competition. A hotly contested event, this was my entry of “Why triathlon is better than football”. 8mins of ramblings and incoherent arguments. Enjoy!
The new M4/M3 were always going to be controversial with the engine changes. So has the latest M car lost its way or can it still hold its on with the best of the Bavarian pedigree and against the latest offerings from Audi’s RS line and Mercedes AMG. The elephant in the room – it sounds shit […]
Read more "2015 BMW M4 Review"Gents, below is the link to the route for Sunday – google map link right at the bottom (copy it into your internet browser)We are starting from outside Elland Road (LowFields Rd J2 M621). Please be there around 07:30 so we can get everyone together and set off promptly at 08:00. My car is an […]
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