Philip Holt

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[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

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[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

@Alan24405826783 @Gillian_Mackay1 @4Day_Week Even worse, an effective 25% increase!

[Bolton Wanderers (P) @OfficialBWFC]

BOLTON WANDERERS ARE BACK IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. 🆙

#bwfc | @officialcarmats

[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

Yes!!!

[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

1 goal, 8 Sept 1888, Bolton’s Davenport @ 3:47pm, Pike’s Lane: 1st in Football League history.

~140 years on they are 1 game from the Championship, Sunday to be decided by execution not history.

If it goes wrong I expect the banter. Supporting Bolton prepared me well for that.

[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

@James331875519 @calvinrobinson You can’t even get that right, there’s 20 fl.oz. in a pint! That’s 568ml for the French 😀

[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

There is history at Wembley too. In the 1923 “White Horse Final”, the first competitive match there, Bolton scored first against West Ham and won 2-0.

[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

@AndyBurnhamGM @lewis_goodall If Andy Burnham returns to Westminster via Makerfield, taxpayers could be funding both a parliamentary by-election AND a Greater Manchester mayoral election.

Estimated combined cost: somewhere between £5m and £10m.

That political gamble suddenly looks rather expensive.

[A View From Yorkshire @models_by_Russ]

I know it’s not over yet but fuck it 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

That wasn’t rugby, that was a ceremonial surrender by England national rugby union team.
Honestly, if we’d turned up waving a white flag and a box of shortbread it would’ve saved everyone 80 minutes.

And surprise, surprise — the Calcutta Cup is staying in Scotland. Again.
At this point it’s not a rivalry, it’s a scheduled annual donation.

I’m convinced England intentionally throw this game as part of a long-running apology tour.

“Sorry about the past, Scotland.
Have the Calcutta Cup.
Have free university tuition.
Have free prescriptions.
Have free parking.
And while you’re at it, enjoy watching England forget how to tackle, pass, or think under pressure.”

All clearly bundled into some 600-year-old settlement for, yes, executing William Wallace.
Our bad. Have another win.

England today looked like a team that:
   •   Didn’t fancy contact
   •   Panicked when challenged
   •   And treated Murrayfield like a heritage site you’re not allowed to disturb

No fire. No edge. No nastiness.
Just polite, apologetic rugby — the worst kind.

Scotland wanted it. England expected it.
And expectation, lads, is not a game plan.

See you next year for the same hype, the same talk, and the same inevitable outcome — England playing like it’s their turn to let Scotland feel good about themselves.

[Gary Wood @buddyebbons61]

Don't want to make anyone feel owd and ancient, but 50 years ago today ( yes half a fookin century ago) was at Burnden Park for one of the greatest games i've seen at Burnden. Stood behind the goals on Lever End for this FANTASTIC 3-3 draw. 1/2

[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

@StansaidAirport

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation."
I don't know what Agile means.
Nobody does.
That's why it works.

I make $425,000 a year.
To move sticky notes.
From left to right.
On a board.
The board is digital now.
The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses.
Progress.

Day one, I said "we need to break down silos."
Everyone nodded.
Silos are bad.
I don't know why.
But destroying them is a career.
My career.

I introduced "squads."
Squads are teams.
But disrupted.
We disrupted the teams into teams.
Different names.
Same people.
Same problems.
But Agile problems now.
Agile problems are strategic.

A senior engineer asked what we're actually changing.
I said, "The mindset."
He asked what that means.
I said, "It's a journey."
He asked where we're going.
I said, "Toward agility."
He asked what agility means.
I pointed at the sticky notes.
They were moving left to right.
That's velocity.
We have velocity now.

The VP of Engineering said two-week sprints don't fit their work.
I said, "That's waterfall thinking."
Waterfall is bad.
Like silos.
I don't know what waterfall is.
But I know it's bad.
She stopped talking.
Waterfall accusations end conversations.

We had a retrospective.
In the retro, we discussed what went wrong.
Everything went wrong.
We put it on sticky notes.
Then we moved the sticky notes.
Into a column called "Parking Lot."
The Parking Lot is where problems go to die.
It's full.
We don't look at it.
That's agile.

Velocity is up 40%.
I defined velocity.
I also defined the points.
I also defined the stories.
We're crushing it.
At the things I made up.
To measure.
Ourselves.

The CEO asked for ROI.
I showed a chart.
The chart went up.
Charts should go up.
This one did.
I didn't label the Y-axis.
Nobody asked.
Leadership is confidence.

We do standups now.
Every day.
We stand.
For 45 minutes.
Standing is agile.
Sitting is waterfall.
My legs hurt.
But we're transforming.

The transformation is now "Phase 3."
Phase 1 was assessment.
Phase 2 was implementation.
Phase 3 is "continuous improvement."
Continuous means forever.
Forever means job security.
I'm very secure.

My contract was extended.
Three more years.
For "cultural impact."
The culture is confused.
But impacted.

Agile transformation isn't about being agile.
It's about transforming.
Continuously.
Toward more transformation.
The destination is the journey.
The journey is billable.

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

One of my favourite facts this --- more people live within 5 miles of Manchester city centre than Chicago city centre and the population at any distance from the city centres is about equal up to 50km (30 miles) where Manchester pulls ahead rapidly. North England is dense.

[Philip Holt @LeanMaster1]

#Tesla imagine

[AllAboutLeagueOne @LeagueOne25]

Today would have been Gary Speed’s 56th birthday

What a baller he was for Bolton Wanderers making over 120 appearances in 4 years at the club and being Wales national coach

Loved by all ❤️

#bwfc #Wales

[BW Supporters' Trust @BWFCST]

Happy Birthday to the late Gary Speed. A dear friend and much loved sporting legend. He would have turned 56 today.

[Bolton Wanderers (P) @OfficialBWFC]

🎂 Wishing a very happy birthday to former Wanderers’ manager, Bruce Rioch 🤍

#bwfc

[Bolton Wanderers (P) @OfficialBWFC]

Remembering Gary Speed on what would have been his 56th birthday.

Always in our thoughts. 🤍

#bwfc

[Burnden Aces @BurndenAces]

On this day, in 1888, Bolton Wanderers scored the first-ever Football League goal - with Kenny Davenport scoring in a Division One fixture against Derby County at Pikes Lane.

#BWFC #DCFC

[BW Supporters' Trust @BWFCST]

🎈 Happy 78th birthday to Bruce Rioch. What a legend.

This pic was taken by the @bn_bolton Bolton Evening News on his first day in office.

#BWFC

[The Fanzone - Bolton Wanderers (P)odcast 🎙️ @TheFanzonePod]

One of England’s greatest ever goal-scorers, Nat Lofthouse, was born #OnThisDay 100 years ago.

⚽️ 33 goals in 30 games for the #ThreeLions
🏟️ Bolton Wanderers legend
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nicknamed “The Lion of Vienna”

A true icon of English football 🦁🦁🦁

#BWFC #England