In the last few months I've gone from hero to zero in my job at GE.
My current job is disappearing, but - good news! - I've been offered a rather splendid job in GE's new centre of software excellence in Silicon Vally, but - bad news - I can't take that job because my wife's medical qualifications (she's a senior consultant psychiatrist) aren't recognised in the US and she'd have to re-qualify from scratch. Doing 80 hour internship weeks isn't a viable option in your mid-40s. So, as my dad would say: I am out on my arse ...
So, that sucks. I'm leaving a local job I love. But more than that: in the last 2 years at GE, I've put a lot of my spare time into building the internal GE community / tribe. I've been preaching my brand of "Everyday Agile" to that tribe, and made a lot of friends around the world, and my message has generally been very well received.
I am disappointed that all my hard work will fade away without me.
I hope not, but there's not much I can do about it now ...
Or is there?
I received dozens and dozens of very kind emails from all around GE when I announced my imminent departure on my Agile blog. Many of them asked if there was a way they could keep up with my words when I leave ... so, I've decided to re-start "preaching" here, on this blog, again. I expect a lot of folk from GE will subscribe and maybe even join in the conversation.
But more than that I hope to start drawing in folk who are newer to Agile and ToC than most of the people who currently read (i.e. YOU!).
So, all things being equal, expect a lot more content from me and my opinions (they are all opinions) on Everyday Agile and Cash-Flow-Driven-Development...
