Books

A collection of notes from the inspirational lecture series "Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders". Read advice given by leaders such as Martin Eberhard (Tesla Motors), Ron Conway (SV Angel), and Steve Blank (Serial Entrepreneur).

What if humans were more important than the computers they worked at? What would an IT practice centered around yourself and your coworkers look like? People Matter! is a guide to focusing your time at the office around what really matters: the people there.

English business letters with Japanese translations and notes.

Wie man Zen täglich im Büro anwendet. Oder: Lebensgeschichte eines Programmierers, der halb durchdreht, weil der Manager nicht aufhört zu quatschen. Auch für Nicht-Programmierer geeignet.

Ja: es klappt wirklich! Das bestätigen mir immer wieder meine Kunden, und meine Trainingsteilnehmer.

A collection of notes from the inspirational podcast "Tropical Talk Radio". Dream, travel, and build a business.

The book is intended for mangers and engineers either involved in outsourcing or thinking about starting a project. The customer side managers will learn some tips how to make outsourcing successful while vendor side mangers will get inside on the customer view of remote project management expectations. It will be interesting for outsourcing engineers to get clues about executive motivations of various management decisions. The authors hope that the book will make outsourcing more successful.

The Simple Leader is now available on Amazon in print and Kindle versions: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Leader-Personal-Professional-Leadership/dp/1944847243

Virgil: I can help you change your pattern. I have no time to waste with you if you insist on having a problem. Problem thinking will return you to zero again and again and again. In fact, your insistence on having a problem is part of your pattern. If you are not ready or willing to change your pattern it is better if we stop here. It is much better not to start until you are ready to challenge your assumptions and put down what you think you know of success and failure.

It is essential to understand how we can use Agile approaches and tools to manage and mitigate risk in projects. Find out how in this new book.

Need help getting your Team started? Want to do "just enough" upfront work before starting the first Sprint? Confused how to gather, share and create knowledge? Let me share some ideas that work.

A collection of notes from the inspirational lecture series "Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders". Read advice given by leaders such as Reid Hoffman (Linked In), William Perry (Secretary of Defense), Carly Fiorina (HP), and Steve Young (49ers).