
Last week I not only finally managed to get my beloved reading lamp repaired, of course an Artemide Tolomeo
, but also to utilize the newly provided cozily, brightly, and energy-savingly lit space to finish the book I had started the week before. And because I am excited about it, let me share my excitement with you:
The book title “Scrumban” is the combination of Scrum and Kanban, two management methods. Scrum is one of the predominant inhabitants of the Agile management method zoo, while Kanban originates from the lean management revolution attributed to the car manufacturer Toyota. >> more…
Last weekend I had the privilege of attending a 3 day conference in Bregenz on modern forms of education “Greenhouses of the future“. My two older daughters now attend school, my wife hast just started working as a teacher. The more I learn about education the more I am struck by paradox: All experts agree on how children should be taught: Each child individually according to his or her level of proficiency in a given subject. Yet what we see in schools all over the world is a far cry from that: 30 children of roughly the same age all being fed the same lesson at the same time by one teacher. >> more…