In March of 2021, Denmark announced that that they had approved the construction of an artifical island to supply offshore wind power. The island will collect power from offshore wind turbines to transform and transmit it to the Danish electrical…
On one trip I took prior to the pandemic, I visited an Advanced R&D lab and saw a lot of cool new technology. It was all stuff that I could see myself using some day. The team was working hard…
In 2014, Sonion embarked on a journey to accelerate the pace of innovation. Sonion makes tiny microphones, speakers and other components for hearing health and professional audio. The company’s product development cycles are tied to their customers’ development cycles and…
In 2018, a paying passenger was dragged off of a United flight by law enforcement officers because United needed the seat to reposition crew members so that they’d be in place to start the next day. The passenger was injured…
Agile software experts tend to describe phase gate processes as obsolete or inherently "waterfall" and therefore evil — but this is more a reflection of how poorly the Agile coach understands the nature of product development outside of software. In…
This past month, I was observing a Kickoff Event for a group that struggled mightily with the Core Hypothesis. They had challenges figuring out who their target customer was, which also led to challenges in defining the technology and business…
In this series so far, I’ve discussed the principles of Agile, and how they express fundamental truths about good process management that apply broadly: cut batch sizes, work in a cadence, focus on delivering value early, strive for technical excellence.…