If 72% of the people have had ideas or breakthroughs in the shower and 17% of the people feel inspired while showering, you shouldn't install a shower in the office to increase creative problem-solving. You should make sure there is time to "not think" about the problem and let the mind settle.

When you have a problem, and you focus hard on finding a solution, you’re stressed out, it’s super important, run against a deadline, management is breathing down your neck, clients are calling,… how often did you find the solution?

As a project manager I worked with and for external service providers. The collaboration between the parties involved was not always, let’s say, optimal. Here are some tips on how to make sure how you both get the best out of the relationship:

If your development team is the most agile/lean team in the world, has great interaction, consistent velocity, delivers regular and on time, has excellent sprint reviews, anything you want. But developments start after months of preparation, budgets discussions, designs, approvals,... you are not agile...

My holiday started, finally some quality time with the children. And what amazes me the most? How open-minded, curious, inventive and sometimes just plain lazy they are. Just like a great team should be. I think every team should be a bit more like children, honest, curious, enthusiastic and having fun with what they do...

The other day I was discussing agile, and one of the remarks was that agile doesn't work because there was no project planning. A lot of times planning is thrown overboard because the project does things the “agile” way. However in my opinion agile is never an excuse not to do the things you don't like to do!...

I’ve had my fair share of projects where nobody cared to set priorities and where deliveries are postponed continuously because the product isn’t “finished” or isn’t “perfect” yet. If everything is equally important, you will never...