In the first part of this series, I’ve explained how I started implementing my idea for a paper notebook for SCRUM teams. With the initial prototype made in MS Word and printed on my own laser printer, I started to gather feedback. In this article, I would like to describe…

The origin story If you read books focusing on business and self-improvement you are probably aware of “must read / modern classics” like “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel, “Lean Startup” by Eric Ries, “E-Myth” by Michael E. Gerber, or “Essentialism” by Greg MeKeown. Those books hold a lot of wisdom inside, and…

There are many ways to run a successful retrospective meeting. This short cheat sheet should help you set up your first retrospective meeting and set your team on a path to continuous improvement. Step 1 — Prepare your team If you have never run a retrospective meeting with your team it might be useful to introduce…

Exactly 2 years ago we started organizing a bi-weekly Mastermind group for highly motivated and success-oriented individuals. At first, it was just a couple of friends but then some people dropped by and some new joined and it became harder to track who is coming and who’s not. To solve…

Working as a Project Manager I validate my success by results produced by my team — project delivered within a scope, a budget, and time. as all project pieces are tightly interlinked — It’s rather rare that I have enough time or budget to deliver initially specified scope, which means…

Agile plus Mastermind equals Excellence What is a Mastermind Group? I am not going to explain this idea in detail here. There are already multiple articles on that matter, like the one on Shopify or Wikipedia. In essence, it is a group of people who support each other in their endeavours to achieve their goals…

We have always been reluctant to use Twitter for Golden Point Solutions’ social activities. Paulina has used it successfully in the past to promote charity events and to connect with the small community of New Westminster. …

I recently delivered a series of four workshops which covered the topics of goal setting and planning. I started by selecting a group of six people who would become my guinea pigs and accept the challenge of putting some serious work into the assignments I had prepared for them. The…

A few weeks ago I attended the contest at the Metrospeakers Toastmasters Club. One of contestants mentioned a quote that stuck to my mind. I don’t remember the exact words but it went along these lines: ‘Do more of things you love and less what you have to do.’ …