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SCRUM Denmark 2008 Status

In Q1 2008 I started a free professional network in Denmark for people with interest in the SCRUM process framework in Denmark. Today the network hit 600 people! and the discussions treads seems to sparkle more and more… (600 may not seem as a lot but for a local network for people located in Denmark [...]


The contrarian effect

In the book ‘The contrarian effect’ Michael Port and Elizabeth Marshall writes about why It Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do the Opposite. The typical old sales tactics we’re all familiar with no longer work. Cold calling gets you nowhere, door-to-door selling is a nonstarter, and today’s consumers are too savvy for [...]


Law of unintended consequences

The law of unintended consequences states that any purposeful action will produce at least one unintended consequences. This is not a scientific law but I have a hard time finding actions that do not have a unintended consequence. Robert K. Merton listed five possible causes of unintented consequences: Ignorance (It is impossible to anticipate everything, [...]


Goals? Set’em and forget’em!

Lars Pind at coachtvblog.com made this nice video about goals. It is called “Why buddhists don’t vacuum their corners”: He refers to the Steve Jobs video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc.


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Porcupine X is a blog about management, software development, gadgets, photography, networking and the things in between.

Porcupine X is run by Jørgen Larsen - A Jack of all trades, master of none, though often better than a master of one. He is an expert in software development (methods, process, programming, usability, ...), an inspiring leader, a caring manager, a semi-professional photographer, a writer, an open networker, a handyman, a father, an old DJ and radiohost, an idealist, a creative person, easily inspired, very independent, spunky...


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