Category: Personal

  • Storymapping a wedding.

    Storymapping a wedding.

    Of all the tools I like to use when working with product development, storymapping is the most well-worn one in my kit. My first exposure to it was with Jeff Patton years ago, and its value as a thinking and planning tool continues to impress me. There is real value in seeing an experience laid…

  • Fate and free will.

    Fate and free will.

    Momo and I have been chatting about free will, and whether there is any such thing. It’s an interesting thing, arguing with someone you have seen grow since birth. After spending time with my own father this past weekend, I can see the parallels even more clearly. It’s also fascinating what a 15 year old…

  • Leader, let go.

    Leader, let go.

    Is there any more difficult choice for a leader than the one to step aside and let others take over? It is the exceptional leader who makes this choice when things are good – who sets themselves up to leave under their own terms. Who plans for the “after”, not as an escape, or a…