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Essays from September 2009

2 essays from September 2009

  1. What can Science teach us about Agile? (or why you must come to Scan-Agile)

    I’m sure that you’ve heard many things during your life that made you think: “Boy, that guy/gal doesn’t get the basics of (put your favorite subject here)”. Well, there’s a reason for that. People make assumptions and claims that are false because they have a faulty model in their head. They simply don’t know better! …

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  2. Why learning is *still* so important (or why you should attend Scan-Agile ’09)

    Last year I wrote a very personal story about how learning made a huge difference in the life of two people of similar age and in a similar context. Check out my story about Grandpa Tony and Grandpa Frank (BTW: it’s a real story!). So, this year I thought of finding a different way to …

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