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Great products are built by great teams
In today’s world, whatever we do has to have meaning — it’s not just about money anymore. Some of that meaning can come from working together, with a common purpose. But what we build together should also mean something, and resonate in some way, with the wider world — the external audience. Esko Kilpi talks…
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Real Options: Embracing Uncertainty
Delaying a decision as long as possible is often a good idea! Sounds counterintuitive doesn’t it, particularly for those of us with a well developed “sense of urgency”, like me! Real Options is about knowing when you have to make a decision. They are a great way to avoid making early decisions that could be irreversible. An Agile…
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Fire Drill and WIP Limits
During the fire drill in our office the other day an interesting thing happened. Rather than taking the exit nearest to us, we rushed to the middle of the building to take the stairs next to the elevators. The additional loading created congestion on the middle staircase and a long queue. As a result, we…
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#LESS2012 Best Talk of the Conference
Having enjoyed a great 2 day conference with many speakers who are really the experts in their fields, my conference experience ended with a lovely (and completely unexpected) gesture. My talk “Lean and the Enterprise: Maersk Line’s Journey” was awarded the “Best Talk of the Conference” by the organising committee. Below are the slides from my talk.…
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#LESS2012 – Tallinn, Estonia November 12-14, 2012
Abstract: Does your organisation treat I.T. like a factory, taking orders from “the business”? Does your funding and approval process force you to work in large batches with commitment to fixed time, budget and scope? Do your KPIs lead people to optimise for their role or department? Do your legacy applications limit how fast your…
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Transforming Container Shipping through Innovation
Our industry is in trouble. The most “innovative” thing we have done in the last few years is to simply slow down our ships. Whilst this has been great for absorbing excess capacity, reducing bunker cost and improving reliability, it’s not something that is likely to differentiate for very long because it’s easy for our competitors to…
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#SoftwarePassion Conference
I was asked to speak at Software Passion Summit after a friend and colleague of mine, Portia Tung, was unable to make it. This was my first time speaking at a conference 🙂 When: 19th March 2012, 2 days Where: Göteborg, Sweden. Description Software Passion Summit is a developer conference with a passion for software development. The…