by Dane Thomas | May 25, 2026 | Articles
Two roads, one infinite game, and the case for taking SAFe Principle #8 seriously When a new technology arrives, the same four reactions appear in the same four places.On the worker’s side of the table, some fear the technology will end their livelihoods, while others...
by Dane Thomas | May 12, 2026 | Articles
Part five and the epilogue. After classical strategists, comedy-song philosophers, and sacred texts, the natural place to land: how ITIL compares with the modern frameworks in its industry. After four essays comparing the ITIL guiding principles with classical and...
by Dane Thomas | May 7, 2026 | Articles
When this piece says “football,” it refers to the game the rest of the world plays — round ball, mostly feet, occasionally heartbreaking. If you’re reading this in the US, think “soccer.” Somewhere in a suburb this weekend, a volunteer coach will stand on a cold pitch...
by Dane Thomas | May 5, 2026 | Articles
Part four in a series. Fourteen sacred texts, seven traditions, seven ITIL guiding principles, and one ITIL trainer well aware of how this might land. Of all the pairings this series has attempted, this is the most fraught. Machiavelli and Sun Tzu had the courtesy of...
by Dane Thomas | Apr 30, 2026 | Articles
On the parallel development of a Dungeon Master and a product owner, and what it reveals about leadership. My son spends his weekends running Dungeons & Dragons campaigns for a group of friends. During the week, he leads a software product team. He has been doing...
by Dane Thomas | Apr 28, 2026 | Articles
Part three in a series. The reading list came from a comedy song; the parallels came from a conversation with Claude. The first two essays in this series wrote themselves. The Prince had been on my shelves since university; The Art of War was a book I had read more...
