Month: August 2025

The Waste of “Wrong”

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A traffic sign, red with white lettering, announcing "Wrong Way"

“That was wrong” What percentage of your time do you spend thinking about what’s wrong with your performance? With you? Any number greater than zero is waste. This feels counterintuitive. Maybe even “wrong.” Consider – by the time you observe your performance it’s already happened. Therefore, it cannot be changed. The past is past. “Wronging” … Read more

Sprinting Past Your Life

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An empty track with a lane of hurdles facing the viewer

Are you constantly managing lists of things to be done? Marking one thing off just to add two or three more? Do your lists ever get shorter? Do you take any time to acknowledge and celebrate completing each item, or just sigh briefly and move on to the next one? Are you often “working” on … Read more

Escaping Room 12A

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Still from the Monty Python sketch "Argument Clinic" featuring Michael Palin and John Cleese having an argument while seated across from each other at a desk.

Room 12A As a new ScrumMaster, I spent more time than I’d like to acknowledge stuck in room 12A, having the Monty Python argument sketch about what is and isn’t Scrum. “No it isn’t!” “Yes it is!” “No it isn’t!” (Do an online search for “Monty Python Argument Clinic sketch” if you’ve no idea what … Read more