Shipping again

Huh, seven years.  Time flies.  Thank you, Seth Godin, for putting your little brain worms into me over the past decade about the importance of sharing, shipping, and quieting the lizard brain.  In late 2012 I didn’t think I had anything left to share though this blog.  But in the years since, I began to suspect there were new people to ship to.  And I think I now have something to share.    

Acting as a change agent for a small not-for-profit I’ve faced many of the same challenges I faced at a small for-profit business.  Among these is finding information applicable to small business project management and agile.  And more specifically, agile and project management outside the IT department. 

My goal is to provide practical and actionable insights for the small not-for-profit or for-profit leader, of any department, that can’t get initiatives completed, who feels like they're thrashing.  This space will explore my experiences and observations in a small business when introducing and using traditional waterfall project management and agile and lean frameworks like scrum, kanban, and Toyota Kata.  I’ll include some of the domains I’m actually working in; human services, human resources, quality, accounting, strategic planning, operational planning, service delivery, and information services.  I'll also address the interesting demands of one of our niches, community-based services for individuals with intellectual, developmental, and mental health disabilities.

I hope you find value in this blog relaunch.  If you do please share with someone who can benefit.  Thanks for reading,