Nov 24, 2025

The Cost of Training

Before:

CFO: What if we train our employees and they leave?

CEO: What if we don't train them, and they stay?

Today:

CEO: What if we train our AI and they leave?

CIO: (And they 'leave'?!?) What if we don't train them, and they stay?

Oct 31, 2025

Accountant on a Ship

An accountant taking a cruise on a luxury ship, saw another passenger fall overboard. Panicking, she screams: "Help! Someone's fallen over! Someone's fallen over!" The ship's second mate hears her and shouts: "Which side did they fall? Port? Starboard?" Accountant: Port...star...what?!?? (Then frantically points to the left) DEBIT SIDE! DEDIT SIDE! 

Sep 25, 2024

User Stories are not requirements

Treating user stories as requirements may not be too different from asking users to estimate how long it takes to do their tasks and using those estimates as your project estimates.