J.D. Meier's Blog
Agile Results, Digital Business Transformation, and Program Management
Interview with Canada’s National Newspaper on Agile Results and Timeboxing
I did an interview with Harvey Schachter on Agile Results and timeboxing (from my book on mastering...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/22/2013
Impostor Syndrome: Is Your Success Only on the Outside?
Have you ever felt like a phony? Like, if “they” found you out, they’d realize that you aren’t...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/18/2013
Don’t Push Agile, Pull It
Note: This article is updated at Don't Push Agile, Pull It. I wrote my first article for Projects at...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/17/2013
Anatomy of a High-Potential
Note: The updated article is at Anatomy of a High-Potential. Dr. Jay Conger has a must see...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/15/2013
Steve Ballmer On a Big Vision — To Help People Realize Their Full Potential
Note: This article is updated at Steve Ballmer on a Big Vision. I think “to help people realize...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/11/2013
Rounding Up the Greatest Thoughts of All Time
I’m on a hunt for the greatest thoughts of all time, expressed as quotes. I’m a big...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/07/2013
Improve Your Execution Excellence with Roadmaps at a Glance
Note: This article is updated at Create a Roadmap to Showcase Your Execution Excellence. One of the...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/06/2013
How To Instantly Improve Your Productivity and Focus with Agile Results
I wrote a guest post for Dumb Little Man on Agile Results: How You Can Instantly Improve Your...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/05/2013
Agile Avoids Work About Work
I was reading a nice little eBook on Opportunities and Challenges with Agile Portfolio Management. I...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/05/2013
Lean to Drive Portfolios, Agile to Optimize How You Work
Note: This article is updated at How Agile and Lean Help Business. I was reading a nice little eBook...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/05/2013
Talk Teams Not Resources
I was reading a nice little eBook on Opportunities and Challenges with Agile Portfolio Management....
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/05/2013
10 Tips on Better Design by David Straker
If you’re into change leadership or persuasion, you might know David Straker from ChangingMinds.org,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/02/2013
Crafting Your 3 Wins for the Day Using Agile Results
By using Agile Results, you give yourself an extreme advantage in terms of mastering motivation,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/26/2013
Visual - Backlogs with User Input
One of the first things to help a business to gain agility is to connect the product development to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/25/2013
50 Life Hacks Your Future Self with Thank You For
I’ve put together 50 life hacks to help you get ahead in work and life: 50 Life Hacks Your Future...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/24/2013
How To Use Monday Vision, Daily Wins, Friday Reflection to Triple Your Productivity
Agile is hot. Especially, the Agile Way. I wrote up a new step-by-step How To use Monday Vision,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/23/2013
3 Ways to Accelerate Business Value
I was talking with a colleague recently about the following question: “How do you accelerate...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/17/2013
What Keeps Leaders Up at Night
One of the best books I’ve read lately is, What Keeps Leaders Up at Night, by Nicole Lipkin. I...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/10/2013
Inspire a Vision with Skill
One of the most important skills of an effective Program Manager is to inspire a vision. If...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/05/2013
Business Techniques in Troubled Times: A Toolbox for Small Business Success
"If you see a bandwagon, it’s too late." -- James Goldsmith I’m really focused on helping...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/01/2013
Proven Practices for Improving Focus
It’s time to share some hard-core skills for improving your focus and directing attention: Proven...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/31/2013
Focus Checklist v2
It was time for an update. Here’s my Focus Checklist v2: Focus Checklist (v2) Here’s what’s new … I...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/28/2013
The Innovative Team
I’m working my way through my massive book backlog, and doing reviews as a I go along. ...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/27/2013
Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes
One of the smartest books I’ve read lately is Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes, by...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/26/2013
30 Nuggets on Software Development from Shaping Software
A while back, I started a site called Shaping Software. The purpose was to create a...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/25/2013
Simple Enterprise Strategy
Note: This article is updated at Simple Enterprise Strategy. One of the challenges my General...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/22/2013
How NOT To Make Money Online
I mentor several folks on how to make money online, either because they are trying to supplement...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/21/2013
Daniel Cook on 8 Laws of Productivity
Note: This article is updated at Daniel Cook on 8 Laws of Productivity. Daniel Cook has a great PDF...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/19/2013
Any Activity Can Be Turned into a Game
Any activity can be turned into a game, if it meets the right criteria. Wise words from Dan...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/19/2013
Free Time Management Skills Guide
30 Days of Getting Results is a hard-core time management course. It’s a 30 Day...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/16/2013
Chalene Johnson on Personal Development, Productivity, Motivation, and More
To do great things, it helps to study people that do great things and show us better ways to do...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/16/2013
What Do Customers Teach Us About Business?
Everything. This morning I started and finished, The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/15/2013
How To Use Tasks in Microsoft Outlook More Effectively
If you just have a long list of tasks in Microsoft Outlook, then it won’t help you focus on...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/14/2013
7 Ways to Take an Outside-In View of Your Group
I was helping a mentee take a new view on their business, so they could transform their business to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/13/2013
Gartner Says Smart Organizations Will Embrace Fast and Frequent Project Failure in Their Quest for Agility
Beautiful. In a new digital economy and a world of ultra-competition, it’s great to shape a smart...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/08/2013
Agile Downsizing: Why Agile Skills Improve a Project Manager’s Job Security
Note: This article is updated at How Agile Skills Improve Job Security. In PM Network magazine,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/07/2013
Are You Used to Delivering Working Software on a Daily Basis and Changing the Software in Response to Emerging Requirements?
Note: This article is updated at Are You Used to Delivering Daily and Responding to Change? That’s a...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/07/2013
10 Ways to Make Agile Design More Effective
Note: This page is updated at 10 Ways to Make Agile Design More Effective. The key shift with Agile...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/06/2013
Inspiring a Vision
Note: This article is updated at How To Inspire a Vision. One of my mentees was looking for ways to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/05/2013
Sinofsky on How To Analyze the Competition
Sometimes the best way to do something well, is to know what to avoid. In Ex-Windows Boss...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/05/2013
Microsoft Secret Stuff
I’m a fan of anticipating the future, and creating the future. Even speculation helps dream up...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/04/2013
Creating Career Opportunities
How do you create career opportunities? You reinvent yourself. While you can always hope...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/03/2013
Innovation Quotes
What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Walt Disney teach us about building a culture of innovation? A...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/30/2013
The Key to Agility: Breaking Things Down
If you find you can't keep up with the world around you, then break things down. Breaking...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/25/2013
Elizabeth Edersheim on Management Lessons of a Lifelong Student
I’m always on the lookout for the best insight and action you can use for work and life. I...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/23/2013