Paul Ellarby

Confirmed organizational change agent, using agile and lean approaches to improve teamwork, increase value, and make working life better for everyone involved.

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@martinfowler As I age, I too struggled with not being “as productive”. Then a colleague told me my value was in giving my experience to others and making them more productive, so in fact I was more productive through enabling others. Keep doing what you do - you have certainly enabled me…

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@lukadotnet Totally agree - I want to know when “Agile” became an industry. Certainly not my goal when I discovered this approach 22 (yes, not a typo) years ago. Can we just deliver better outcomes?

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@TobySinclair_ “If you see a snake, just kill it. Dont form a commission to study snakes” - Ross Perot credited his father for this. Brilliant leader...

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@RonJeffries BAM! Great comment. A couple of them traceable in a single step for me. Maybe that is why I am sometimes such a curmudgeon?

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@amyklobuchar Hi Amy. Tariffs are not only affecting farmers (as everybody knows). We just paid $1,100 on importing curling shoes form our Canadian supplier - no explanation, no breakdown of costs, just a bill for $1,100 to get them into the country. Small businesses are paying for Trump's ego

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@RonJeffries @lukadotnet @thenegrosuave Oh how powerful (and right) you are. I stopped going to Agilxx after 2011...too much navel gazing, not enough substance. Or did I just put myself out of work by being too honest?

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@RonJeffries But you should be sorry about giving such an enabler to the neophytes...😳

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@RonJeffries It’s not the concept of story points that is difficult, but the corporate notion that we can “earn” more story points every sprint. Faster is not better...

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

Q. Why do curling sheets have a center line?
A. So the skip can find the other end

[Lost Its Handle @Lostitshandle]

Q: what’s a curler’s favourite winter activity?

A: sliding.

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@JeffreyGoodLead But of course. And don’t we put processes in place to try to force people to communicate (which inevitable fail)?

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@allenholub Organizations that adopt agile only at the team level fail (maybe) 50% of the time - but the individuals grow a lot. Organizations that have agile dictated to them fail 95% of the time, and nobody grows. Organizations that adopt at he team an leadership level win...

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@johannarothman Or maybe the project and program managers (part of the PMO) are simply justifying their existence? Which means "leaders" buy-into the need for a PMO...

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@allison_pollard I hear lots of people say the same thing, but never follow-through with it. Ask yourself "how can I make this happen?". Some of us do this already...

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

And yet you continue to support the Republican agenda of eliminating or narrowing Medicare, not covering pre-existing conditions, killing the ACA, and raising premiums in the name of "the free market". You are seriously confused

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

@RepJasonLewis Can’t tell you how much we appreciate you raising tariffs on our products. If only we could continue selling our products overseas we could afford our mortgage and loan payments

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

Dakota couldn't be more proud of this team...we will be following closely. Good luck!

[Hack Pebbler Books @HackPebbler]

Tonight at the Fargo Moorhead Curling Club, Hack Pebbler Books is so proud to sponsor and help send off Team Workin to Curling's Mixed World Championships! Best of Luck!
#curling #CurlingNightInAmerica #curlingworldcup #growcurling @marscurlingclub @usacurl @NDSUCurling @curling

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

That is a great start - thanks for sponsoring this bill. Any chance we can move to a similar state as the EU, where airlines pay compensation for cancelled and delayed flights like the EC 261/2004” regulation? Right now, all the power is with the airline - can we change that?

[Senator Amy Klobuchar @SenAmyKlobuchar]

Also in today's #FAAReauthorization are provisions pushing back on the bad practice of airlines minimizing passenger seating space at the expense of passenger health, safety and comfort. Sen. Klobuchar also fought to include important customer service and consumer protections.

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

Did The Donald write that for you? I know you only do his bidding...

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

But you stand for less government, right? Now you want to promote government agencies auditing other government agencies? Ah, I get it - your friends make more money of this activity than if the Met Council was allowed to do its job!

[Paul Ellarby @pellarby]

Oh Jason, this is the organization that is funded by the Koch brothers, and was fined $50,000 for campaign funding violations. Are you sure you want to brag about this? Oh, wait, of course you do - the Koch brothers own you.