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I recently read an article in the Economist that talked about the characteristics of modern innovators like Steve Jobs (Apple), Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and Pierre Omidyar (eBay). It made me think about leadership success and why certain people achieve it. Is it really in a person’s DNA, or can it be attributed to something more [...]

Evaluating the negative aspects of a project during a retrospective activity can be brutal; it is common to hit a wall of unproductive blame where “someone shoulds” and “if only you coulds” dart across the room, knocking out any practical ideas for future advancement. This sensitive process can be emotional and can leave participants feeling [...]

Analyzing past events can get repetitive, leading to a lack of creative ideas and dulled critical thinking. Without an engaging strategy, you could get stuck in a pit of unproductive ideas, causing you to lose all sense of direction and become blind to areas needing improvement. To resist this useless slump, Actions for Retrospectives, based [...]

Often times your end state is not what you had imagined, as there are always unpredictable obstacles and detours that alter your trek to the finish line. But what if you could identify these interferences before beginning your journey? To solve this problem, we have collaborated with the Gamestorming team to bring you the SWOT Analysis [...]

Making a decision can be an extremely difficult process. How do you include the needs and desires of everyone involved while maintaining practicality? Is there ever any way to make everyone happy? How do you avoid potentially bad decisions? Often times when thinking of your options, the positive and negative aspects of the choices [...]

Imagine your product as a tree, sprouting new leaves and high-quality fruit with every new feature you add. But what if one area grows out of control, taking the nutrients and life away from another section? As with trees, products need to be shaped to ensure growth in the future. Rather than simply trimming [...]

In an increasingly fast paced and interrupt driven world such as ours, effective time and cost management is paramount to delivering a successful product. Even the most innovative product can be considered a failure to some extent if it fails to meet its pre-agreed deadline or budget. Although I have talked in the past about [...]

When asked, customers can provide extremely valuable advice on how to improve your product or service. However, their ideas are often given in the form of complaints, which can be overwhelming and unproductive. By openly requesting the opinions of these stakeholders, you dangerously proceed into uncharted territory. You may be crushed by intense waves of [...]

The energy and enthusiasm in the beginning stages of a project is spectacular: creative ideas flood the room, extensive critical thinking consumes the group, and original strategies are imagined as people consider the potential of the project. Unfortunately, it is common for this vivacious vibe to slow down as time goes on. Complicated plans, difficult [...]

Imagine the scrambled heap of nagging tasks you need to accomplish: constantly growing, lengthening your to-do list exponentially with every passing second. How will you tame this beast of backlog items? Where will you start? This universal problem is inevitable; whether you like it or not, there will always be more to do. Fortunately, you [...]