It was at a gathering of software product managers who use Scrum, an Agile software development approach. No, what UX designers offer that’s special is help building a vision for what the product can and should be.  do believe that Agile and UX can find a way to work peaceably and productively together. To an audience? MORE >>

Peter Drucker’s six factors for knowledge worker productivity are core principles for designing learnscapes. Knowledge worker productivity demands that we ask the question: “What is the task?&#. It demands that we impose the responsibility for productivity on the individual knowledge workers themselves. Thriving? MORE >>

Last night, I had a breakthrough:  I realized that personal productivity is the new dieting. Personal productivity has followed the same path. Personal ProductivityLike all evening epiphanies, this one is subject to future revision, refinement, and rejection.). Here’s what I mean. Lack of demand. That’s tougher. MORE >>

Personal ProductivityOkay, so yeah. TED is amazing. It’s a culture-shaping, era-defining, not entirely uncontroversial extravapalooza that has earned the mind share, eyeballs, and admiration of tens of millions of global citizens. had a chance to do a TED Talk a few years ago. Here are my three key tips. Prepare. but not too much. MORE >>

EskoKilpi – “Learning is the main driver for productivity. Productivity of learning determines the speed of productivity improvement.” Tweet Here are some of the insights and observations that were shared via Twitter this past week. ” by @snowded. It matters who you teach. ” by @JayCross. MORE >>