Is AI Anxiety Holding Us Back? Fear Not.. AI is AMAZING!

ChatGPT’s arrival was met with a mix of awe at its technological advancement, and anger at the blazé nature of its launch.

Some felt there had been little consideration for how under-prepared society was for this innovation. Students would cheat on essays. Disinformation would spread like wildfire, and it would produce toxic, racist, and sexist content and we would all suffer. Dooom!

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Outcome-based product roadmaps offer many benefits over traditional, feature-based ones including a strong focus on the value a product should create. But how can you introduce this new approach when an organisation is used to feature-based plans and stakeholders find it difficult to trust an outcome-based roadmap? To address this challenge, I introduce a four-step process in this article.

https://romanpichler.medium.com/how-to-get-started-with-outcome-based-product-roadmaps-68f30098175a

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How Did We Get 60 Seconds?

Have you ever wondered why there are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour? People often take this for granted because it has been this way for thousands of years. If you can believe it, the ordering of our clocks took place nearly 4,000 years ago. Our clocks work on intervals of sixty because that is how the Sumerians and Babylonians did it. The ancient Babylonians began codifying their astronomical beliefs and findings in the 14th century BCE, or 3400 years ago. It is from these calculations and assumptions that we get many of our most basic and common numbers.

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The Beatles Made a Mistake - Mike Cohn

It should be a comfort to each of us to know that we’ll probably never make a mistake as big as the one The Beatles made during this week in 1966.
Following the critical and sales success of the prior year’s “Rubber Soul” album, the Beatles released a new album, “Yesterday and Today,” in June 1966. The album was released in the US and Canada and contained songs that had been withheld from North American versions of other Beatles albums.
Musically, it’s a solid album featuring “Drive My Car,” “Nowhere Man,” “We Can Work It Out,” “Day Tripper,” and of course “Yesterday.”
Where The Beatles went wrong was in the choice of the album art. The cover photo shows all four Beatles wearing white butcher’s frocks with decapitated baby dolls and pieces of raw meat in their laps.
The photo is in incredibly bad taste even to the less sensitive standards of 1966.
I’m sharing this because on this day in 1966, The Beatles admitted their mistake and replaced the cover.
I think The Beatles’ experience with this botched album cover decision holds four lessons.
First, it’s important to acknowledge that when a team is moving quickly, team members will make some mistakes. “Yesterday and Today” was The Beatles’ twelfth album released in North America in four years.
Second, when you make a mistake, be willing to admit it. The Beatles did not blame their label for picking the cover. In fact, band members insisted on the cover over the label’s objection.
The Beatles said the cover was meant to be a protest against the savagery of the Vietnam War. I’ve always been skeptical of that as it seemed like an after-the-fact justification, but I appreciate that they owned the mistake.
Third, correct mistakes as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. The Beatles corrected their mistake by recalling all the albums and pasting a new cover on top of the original.
A few savvy DJs and record store owners did not return all the albums. This created a lucrative collector’s market in copies of “Yesterday and Today” with the original cover. I’ve seen some sell for nearly $40,000.
Finally, after correcting the mistake, put the memory aside and move on. After the cover debacle of “Yesterday and Today,” The Beatles went on to make some of their greatest albums including “Revolver,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” the white album, and “Abbey Road.”
Mistakes happen. I make them. You make them. Your team makes them. Even The Beatles made mistakes.
Let’s acknowledge that mistakes will happen when moving quickly. Then, when we do make a mistake, let’s own it, correct it, and move beyond it.
It’s quite possible, as it was for The Beatles, that your best work may follow your biggest mistake,

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Stitching Agility Into Life and Work

Today is June 26, or 6-26, a playful nod to Disney’s beloved blue alien, Experiment 626, better known as Stitch. As we explore the connections between this mischievous character and Agile methodologies, let’s dive into how Stitch’s adventures in "Lilo & Stitch" can teach us about flexibility, adaptation, and the power of ohana in our personal and professional growth.

Segment 1: Embracing Change and Chaos:

Segment 2: Incremental Learning and Growth:

Segment 3: The Importance of Feedback and Collaboration:

Conclusion:

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Is The Product Owner an Order Maker or Order Taker?

In Scrum, the Product Owner includes the perspective of what is valuable (and what is not) regarding the product's ambitions. As the team spends time and money working on the product, the Product Owner ensures this investment returns value to the stakeholders. Close collaboration with the people who have a stake in the product and the developers is essential to decide what is valuable and what isn’t.

One product has one Product Owner and one Product Backlog with one Product Goal. To keep the speed at which decisions can be made high and adaptation can take place quickly, Product Owners need full mandate over the product. They have the ultimate say over what the ambitions for the product are, what goes on the Product Backlog and what doesn’t, and how to spend the budget (or even set it).

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Pack Your Bags... Enrique Dans Says That Agile Is Done!

In this episode of the Agile HateFest... LOL Enrique Dans tries to convince us all that "research" shows that Agile does NOT work. I for one am thankful that he told me before I spent over 20 years helping organizations achieve AMAZING & PROVEN success implementing Agile.

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10 Psychology Behaviors to Look Out For in 2024

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Juneteenth marks a pivotal moment in American history, commemorating June 19, 1865, the day when Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and the enslaved were now free. This announcement came a full two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had officially outlawed slavery in Confederate territories. The delay in the enforcement of the Proclamation highlights the deep-seated resistance to ending slavery and the complexities involved in applying federal laws across a fractured nation.

The first celebration of Juneteenth was one of both profound joy and cautious optimism. The newly freed African Americans of Galveston rejoiced in the streets, their celebrations a powerful act of communal catharsis. However, this newfound freedom was tempered by the uncertainty of how true emancipation would unfold in the years to come. Despite the challenges they faced, including segregation, economic disparity, and the long struggle for civil rights, Juneteenth has remained a symbol of resilience and hope. It is a day to reflect on the bitter history of slavery, to celebrate the strides toward equality, and to renew the commitment to fighting against systemic injustices. This holiday serves not only as a reminder of past pain but also as an inspiration to strive for a brighter, more inclusive future.

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