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Tag Archives: Lonely Planet
A new orbit – thoughts on leaving Lonely Planet
Last Friday my work at Lonely Planet was completed. The new website team, led by half a dozen energetic founders from Melbourne, re-started in London after an intense 100 day transition program that was judged a great success. The opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in People
Tagged Agile, Lean, Lonely Planet, Nigel Dalton
Masters research on Dalton Pierce Digital Disruption Quotient
Remember this post and this formula? The DPQ was our effort to explain the massive disruption suffered when technology starts to influence customers and business, in particular media and publishing businesses. It has survived many conferences, discussions and debates, but … Continue reading
Posted in Disruption
Tagged disruption, Lonely Planet, publishing, research, RMIT, Soccio
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Not just an IT thing
Derek Sivers says we shouldn’t share our goals, or make them public, that the act of sharing our goals makes us less likely to achieve them. However, our experience with the teams we’ve worked with is that making public commitments … Continue reading
Posted in Agile, Development, Lean, People, Technology
Tagged Book, Derek Sivers, Lonely Planet, ThoughtWorks
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Reflections on Agile in Australia
James and I were both on the roster of speakers at Agile Australia 2011 this year. There were some great presentations over the 2 days, the highlight for me being Martin Fowler’s closing address on the profession of software development … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile software development, Australia, James Pierce, Lonely Planet, Martin Fowler, Nigel Dalton
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Lonely Reflections
Please forgive a some what more personal and indulgent post today; having worked with the team here over the last few months to make the complex and difficult decision to move LP’s online business to London I knew inevitably my … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, Conway's Law, Correlation and dependence, DevOps, London, Lonely Planet, Waterfall model
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Great Agile Workspaces: Conclusions
This post is the conclusion to my series on creating Great Agile Workspaces, so if you just landed here, read these posts in order first: Introduction Physical Spaces Communication Distraction and Multitasking Conclusions Agile is a powerful methodology for building … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, distraction, Environment (biophysical), Lonely Planet, Space, Technology, Work
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Great Agile Workspaces: The Physical Environment.
The physical space we work in impacts on the way we feel, interact and how productive we are. Jan Banning has captured these wonderful photographs of Government Officials in their office around the world. Take a look at them and … Continue reading
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Tagged 37signals, Jan Banning, Lonely Planet, Office, Open plan, RedBubble
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