Archive - Outskirts

Looking back 7,000 years to discover the origins of Scrum

Apr 16 •

February 2024

Scrum Thoughts #1

a collection of recent missives from the corporate badlands

Feb 12 •

November 2023

The destructive force of self-love

Nov 24, 2023 •

September 2023

What is a Scrum Master?

Restoring dignity to a much disparaged accountability

Sep 11, 2023 •

December 2022

This is fake news

I started this substack as a location, separate from my monthly newsletter, to house my more politically-oriented writings. It seemed like a good idea…

Dec 14, 2022 •

September 2022

The Facilitator as Difficultator

Podcast episode on workshops.work

Sep 8, 2022 •

July 2022

Thoughts on love, listening and civilisation

Jul 6, 2022 •

June 2022

Transplanting Ideas

A reflection on corporate greed and sloth.

Jun 18, 2022 •

Jubilee — don't ju'believe it

Now that the various celebrations to commemorate Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year rule of the British Empire are finally done and dusted, I feel okay to post…

Jun 6, 2022 •

The One-man Revolution

"Therefore the only revolution worthwhile was the one-man revolution within the heart. Each one could make this by himself and not need to wait on a…

Jun 1, 2022 •

March 2022

In case you missed it...

President Zelenskyy Bans Opposition Parties in Ukraine

Mar 22, 2022 •

History matters

Over the past two weeks a few different people have guided me towards this almost-seven-year-old video of a lecture by John J. Mearsheimer, Prof…

Mar 17, 2022 •

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