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Ignoring The Grind: The Stories We Tell About Each Other’s Work
Low Hanging Fruit by Luis Fernando Franco Jiménez on Flickr I walked into the meeting room and sat down at the conference table. I was invited as an attendee. There were 15 other people in the room. At the beginning…
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Epic Fails and Small Wins: What I’ve Learned So Far From My Career in Tech
By Publication of the original photo attributed to Levy & fils per [2] [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons In tech, the concept of agile development is a bit of a no brainer. Venture capitalists and start-up gurus…
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Workshop Design: 3 Tips to Turn Facilitation Into Enablement
It’s gonna get messy!(Credit: spydergrrl) As a business analyst, a good portion of my work is to facilitate working sessions with groups of people. They might be a team (even my team) or they might be a disjointed random group…
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Innovation: IDTIMWYTIM
By LPS.1 (own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons I’m going to join a new sports team: The Stanley Cups. Our mission will be to Stanley Cup. We’ll have a Stanley Cup hub, we’ll hire the best Stanley Cup leaders and…
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The Google Glass “Failure”: Why Words Are Important in Innovation
By Danlev (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], Wikimedia Commons By now, you’ve probably heard that Google has shut down the Google Glass Explorer program. And chances are, you’re hearing people describe it as a failure. This is why we can’t…
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Hacking Our Way To An Agile Organization: The Video
(Credit: Microsoft Clip Art Gallery) I recently gave my presentation “Hacking Our Way to an Agile Organization” for a government audience. The event was hosted by the Government of Canada Federal Youth Network (FYN) and open to all public servants.…
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5 Ways to Hack (and Future-Proof!) Our Libraries
Computerpool in the Public Library Dresden (Credit: Conrad Nutschan, CC-BY-SA-2.0 Wikimedia Commons) I love libraries. But I will openly admit that I don’t hang out at our local library that often because it’s small, has limited comfortable seating and really…
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Thoughts On Facilitating Tech Adoption In The Workplace
(Credit: Microsoft Clip Art Gallery) Organizations tend to throw tech at problems and assume that, because the staff have been asking for better machines, the presence of the hardware alone will lead to widespread adoption. This is flawed thinking; introducing…
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Civic Hacking: Spydergrrl on the LSE Impact Blog
Logo of London School of Economics and Political Science This week, I was asked by the London School of Economics and Political Science if they could publish my “Hacking is a Mindset, Not A Skillset” essay on their blog, “LSE…
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Startup Weekend Ottawa Redux: A Mentor’s Perspective
Startup Weekend Ottawa I spent this weekend hanging out in the funky Shopify offices providing advice and support to the teams participating in Startup Weekend Ottawa (SWO). And I had a fantastic time. I’ve been asked why I don’t go…
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