Who is the Product Owner? The Product Owner (PO) is an important role within the Scrum Team. Great POs have amazing interpersonal skills. According to the Scrum Guide, the PO is accountable for maximizing the value of the deliverables of …
Agile transformation seems to be everywhere. Almost every organisation, around the world, now proclaim to be going through a strategy shift christened Agile transformation. These transformations are, often times, incongruent to the very values and pillars that uphold agility. Agile …
“Striving to be good is the ultimate struggle of every man. Being bad is easy, but being good requires sincere commitment, discipline and strength. We have to work hard every day just to remain good.” ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and …
One of the stories that really touched my heart is the Chinese Bamboo Tree story. The growth of the Chinese Bamboo tree is so phenomenal that it teaches us a lot about human potential and development. It is a miracle. …
Every nation owes its youth several important human development elements two of which are Encouragement and Support. When these two amongst other fundamentals are available, the youths perform wonderful feats, they continue to excel and most importantly continue to grow …
Stephen Covey in his 7 habits of highly effective people talks about the 7 habits exhibited by effective people. These habits are highlighted below: 1. Be proactive: The world is made up of proactive and reactive people. These two classes of …
Synonyms: Adviser, Coach, Trainer, Counsellor, Teacher. Wherever you want to go, someone would have been there. You get to the destination faster when you follow the route that others have travelled before. Mentors are coaches and teachers, who have travelled …
SELF-CONFIDENCE Synonyms: Fearless, Self-reliance, Self assurance, Self-esteem, Poise Skepticism is a cancer to productivity and self-confidence. For you to move ahead in life, you need to be confident in yourself. You can amount to whatever you choose in life even …
OPTIMISM Synonyms: Brightness, Sanguineness, Positivism, Assurance, Certainty Endeavour to become fortified with optimism in 2016, choose to see the bright and positive sides of everything. What you see depends on where you are looking at stuffs from, there is a …
PRODUCTIVITY Synonyms: Fertility, Potency, Abundance, Capacity, Performance Productivity is being fruitful; it is a measurement of efficiency. Growth is a function of productivity; therefore, you must endeavor to continuously grow in order to continuously deliver results. A boxer does not …