Thoughts from a Thirsty Bear

Anyone who reads my articles will already be familiar with the quote I use at the top of each page - " It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. ". For me, this cuts to the very heart of agile and lean techniques. Being successful is not about being powerful, or even knowledgeable in the traditional sense, but about being adaptable and smart. Way back in June an anonymous poster pointed out that the quote was misattributed to Charles Darwin. To my shame, I sat on the comment until I had the time and patience to research the correct answer. I can now confirm that you were absolutely correct, Mr Anonymous. It was misattributed. The quote most likely comes from the writings of Leon C. Megginson, Professor of Management and Marketing at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. The quote is a paraphrasing of Darwin. I won't bore everyone with details, but here are links to the corroborating ar

I've been fairly quiet recently for various reasons, but rumours of my online demise have been grossly exaggerated. The brief hiatus has given me time to think about several new articles that are now in the pipeline, so watch this space.

All change! I am in the process of migrating this blog to another account. For anyone following via my Blogger profile, I am now over here .

As regulars will have noted I'm having a bit of a spring clean of the blog layout - new title, template etc. Feedback and reports of weirdness welcome - contact me here .

My friend, Simon Voice at Connections , has just started his own blog . I know he has some interesting views on the whole agile software revolution as viewed from a recruiter's perspective, and already has some interesting posts on there.