Category: General
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I am still standing
Some time ago, I add a card in the inbox column of my personal GTD kanban board (I can share the model if needed). The card was labeled “Standing Desk”. During the next review, I moved this card in the “Someday / Maybe” column. And the card sat there for… nearly ever. During the same…
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Let us code!
I started this article a long time ago. And that’s a comment from a person I work with that triggered the sense of urgency to contribute to solving this problem. He said: Stop interrupting us! Let us code! I became sensitive to interruptions when I discovered the Pomodoro method, subject that I covered in this…
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Work Rules – Insights from Google that will transform how you live and lead
Work Rules is a book from Laszlo Bock, SVP of People Operations at Google. You will find that the “People Operations” that could be called “Human resources” in other organizations is really different in its way to operate. Main difference is the focus on data, not on opinion, and to be careful with natural human…
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LessPass – password management
LessPass is a password management system based on a completly different idea compared to existing solutions. Most of the solutions are based on a centralized storage of password protected by a master one. The centralized storage can be basic, like a spreadsheet on your own computer or on a server. It can be a little…
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The Chimp Paradox
The Chimp Paradox is a book from Steve Peters subtitled: The Science of Mind Management for Success in Business and in Life. I used the model proposed to represent how our brain is working during conferences I gave on the Search for Happiness, and I had some positive feedback. In this article, I would like…
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OpenStack Summit Austin 2016
Next OpenStack Summit will be in Austin in less than 70 days. You can vote for your preferred sessions following this link. I submitted two talks: the first one will cover what science knows about happiness that could transform OpenStack and the second one with Mark McLoughlin will study how organization can increase the impact…
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The submarine story
Once more, I have been to a conference given by Jean-François Zobrist. It’s always the same ; he tells what he have learned during the years he was managing FAVI ; and it’s always different as he adapts the content to the audience. This conference was organized by Germe Bordeaux groups at ISG. Germe started…
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Joyful Year!
I hope that 2016 will bring you joy and that you will have the opportunity to bring joy to others! Joie means joy in french. This nice picture from David Hermans express the wish well.
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Massive Peer to Peer Collaboration
I have been asked by Philippe Honigman to answer 2 questions about open source collaboration to help him on one of his projects. I was wondering what could be the questions not already answered thousands of times. This curiosity led me to an interesting conversation, with interesting insights I would like to share with you.…
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DATFlock2015, unicorns, distributed teams and bad agile
I was in Berlin for 2 days to participate to #DATFlock2015 the conference to discuss, learn and share about Distributed Agile Teams. The program was a mix of open space sessions and workshops prepared in advance. OKR, Feedback and Reward Two sessions where particularly useful to me: How to use OKR? Fearless feedback and fair…
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Annual Performance Review
When I present the 14 points of Deming and the 7 deadly diseases of organization, I usually take some points and diseases as a starting point for discussion and thinking. One disease I usually pick is the third one: Evaluation by performance, merit rating, or annual review of performance. People react in a similar way.…
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Black Box
The black box in this article are those installed in planes. Those black box allows to analyze what happens during a more or less dramatic incident. Setting an organization where facts are analyzed to improve the system is a defining characteristic of airlines industry. A characteristic that enables an incredible improvement of security. Matthew Syed…