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When Management by Walking Around Isn’t Possible

by Esther Derby | Apr 29, 2020 | Leadership & Management

Management by walking around isn’t possible right now. You can’t walk by the team room, sense the buzz, see what’s on the task wall, engage in conversation, ask questions. Casual conversations don’t happen naturally.  So how do you, as a dev manager (or line...

Seeing System Dynamics: Beyond Budget Reports

by Esther Derby | Feb 24, 2011 | Leadership & Management, Systems and Complexity

There’s a buzz about systems thinking in the software world these days. Systems thinking isn’t new. Jerry Weinberg’s An Introduction to General Systems Thinking was first published in 1975. Senge’s Fifth Discipline came out in the 90s. Still, we haven’t turned the...

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