Patterns of Systematic Creative Thinking: Extract Concept
As software developers, we love to delve deep into technical matters and write code that delivers value. It's not a big secret, however, that many problems in software originate with…
As software developers, we love to delve deep into technical matters and write code that delivers value. It's not a big secret, however, that many problems in software originate with…
Over the years I have used several productivity approaches, from goal-driven/top-down (e.g. Steven Covey's First-Things-First quadrants) to more reactive/bottom-up (e.g. David Allen's Getting Things Done). I have also used more…
A close friend of mine who works as a developer in a geographically distributed team, recently told me, with extreme frustration, that our profession is doomed and it won't be…
I'll be back to Stockholm in early April, delivering a talk at one of the main IT conferences in Sweden. For such a technology-centric event, it is quite fascinating to…
I just read Brian's post titled "The art of science (or the science of art)", which reminded me of certain discussions I had over dinner at the workshop in South…
The software architecture workshop in South Africa has come to an end. Spending a few days in a beautiful game resort close to Sun City, I worked closely with a…
I'm just back from Sweden, where I met several folks from Microsoft and our really good friends and partners at Cornerstone. I really like going to Stockholm as people are…
There is this common notion of "intelligence" as a largely inherited talent that can be assessed in one hour interview. Do you know your Intelligence Quotient (IQ)? I don't. In…
Have you ever believed that you could never learn to be creative because inventive people are born with some special ability that ordinary people like you don’t posses? A few…
What would you say if I told you that creativity is a skill and not a gift? Like any other skills, it can be learned and developed. Many will be…