Adrian HowardinQuietstarsFacilitating Your First Wardley Mapping Session(This is not an introduction to Wardley Mapping in general. If you’re looking to understand what a Wardley Map is, why you would want to…5d ago5d ago
Adrian HowardinQuietstarsWhy I Dislike Maturity ModelsI’ve recently been hitting some client problems caused by their organisation’s approach to maturity models. So… time for a brief rant…Jul 31Jul 31
Adrian HowardinQuietstarsReflecting on Fourteen Years of JournalingMy annual reminder to reflect on the last year of journaling popped up today — which reminded me of something I wrote in 2022 which I’m…Jul 251Jul 251
Adrian HowardinQuietstarsThe Self-Service Research Sweet SpotA recent question on the ResearchOps Community Slack touched upon on how to split work between dedicated user research practitioners vs…Jul 4Jul 4
Adrian HowardinQuietstarsThree Questions to Help Triage Your DashboardsI’ve been helping someone recently whose organisation has been overwhelmed by “dashboards” — collections of KPIs, OKRs, and other…Jul 4Jul 4
Adrian HowardinQuietstarsTurn It Up or Turn It DownAn issue I’ve been talking through with people recently is when to do certain activities. Or how often. Or how many people to involve.Jul 4Jul 4
Adrian HowardinQuietstarsHow Do Candidates Describe Your Hiring Process?If you’re having problems hiring go ask candidates how they would describe your hiring process.Jul 4Jul 4
Adrian HowardFaster HorsesTL;DR: Henry Ford did not say “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. He pretty much said the…Sep 9, 20194Sep 9, 20194
Adrian HowardThe Four Categories Of AssholeTL;DR: Everybody is an asshole some of the time. Try and be one of the ones that listens to feedback and acts on it.Aug 31, 2019Aug 31, 2019
Adrian HowardMaslow’s Hierarchy of Nicolas CageInspired by David Bland’s Nicolas Cage based explanation of Cynefin I wasted 30m last night coming up with the equivalent for Maslow’s…Aug 24, 2019Aug 24, 2019