Musings from a slow learner with a touch of imposter syndrome
Dear reader, you don't know me and I don’t know you (yet). As part of my personal journey, I’ve accumulated a few insights and lessons…
Dear reader, you don't know me and I don’t know you (yet). As part of my personal journey, I’ve accumulated a few insights and lessons learned through failure and discovery. I’ve thought to myself, why not share them with others in case there’s any useful tidbits.
Most if not all of this isn’t original thought, it’s observations on things I’ve learned from incredible people I’ve met along the way. Often sharing books, articles, videos and even Tweets (yes sometimes) you can quickly find something useful for your context. I’m not trying to sell anything, I just want to share what I’ve found interesting in the hope that you too might find it interesting.
I’ve taken an unconventional path in life and in learning, I’ve not got any prodigious degrees or accolades and often had to learn things ‘the hard way’.
If that sounds relatable, then perhaps you may want to continue reading. As a first blog, I’m doing my best to avoid pontification and focus more on setting the stage.
I am not an innovator, I am not an expert, I am curious and I like to learn. Quite often looking to exapt other domains. The idea of exaptation was first introduced to me through Cynefin by Dave Snowden (The Cynefin Company).
My take: don’t re-invent, take an idea / approach from somewhere else and experiment to make it fit your context. As an Android enthusiast, it pains me to admit that Apple have done a brilliant job of exaptation.
For those that do know me, they will confirm that I am not a perfectionist and in my eyes, ‘done is better than perfect’. I’m often more interested in context and intent than polishing the words (for a first blog, I will force some basic editorial discipline), like in agile — this blog will be an incremental journey.
Topics of interest:
agile, lean & product management practices (allergic to dogmatism, fan of pragmatism and practice of paper)
sociotechnical architecture (the understanding of people, organizations, and systems)
leadership, strategy, and motivation
learning, training, coaching and mentoring
user experience and information architecture
complex adaptive systems and sense-making
personal productivity
Python, JavaScript, and other languages
plenty more!
For an initial first post, that is long enough. I’m genuinely interested to interact and as this blog evolves, I look forward to sharing and learning with you along the way.
As a parting gift, here’s a great article by one of my favorite Product people John Cutler (who works at Amplitube) and talks and visualizes cross-functional product team vs traditional teams. It’s such a powerful image and really aligns with Marty Cagan’s ideas (read: Inspired & Empowered).
Find John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncutlefish