Agile Diversity Manifesto

To accommodate the (irrational) demands for diversity that is proportional to the wider population, should the Agile Manifesto be rewritten by a new group more diverse than the original set of: 

1. White 
2. Middle-aged
3. Men
4. Software Developers

A Project is in the Eyes of the Beholder

A project is a project in the eyes of the beholder,  not an objective character of the undertaking, because the same undertaking can be routine to you, a little bit unique to me, and incredibly daunting to another.  Project management is designed to help you cope with undertakings that (to you) meet the criteria of a project. 

Impact of the World on Technology

At a training course, the facilitator asked the audience to consider the impact of technology on the world, how technology shrinks and disrupts the world.  

I thought about the opposite: the impact of the world on technology. With increasing easy access to technology, all the different cultures, all the different ways of thinking, all the different experiences provide solutions to needs that are relatively unimportant to much of the West.

Think about rat-proof telecom cables from Huawei that Western telecom companies did not come up with for whatever reason. Think about ultra compact white appliances from Haier that Chinese students needed because they live in tiny accommodations. Think abour the mobile payment system from M-Pesa and increasing thousands of other examples.

The way these applications of technology from other parts of the world have an impact on the technology the West is developing.