I'm Marc Evers, and I currently work as a software developer and coach in The Netherlands. I'm interested in Extreme Programming, agile software development, and systems thinking (
http://www.systemsthinking.net). I'm actively involved in the Dutch XP users group (
http://www.xp-nl.org) and I've co-organised systems thinking related workshops at the OT2003 and XP2004 conferences. I also co-organise the XP Day Benelux and Agile Open conferences (
http://www.xpday.net and
http://www.agileopen.net). See also my homepage:
http://marc.piecemealgrowth.net and blog:
http://blog.piecemealgrowth.net
I like to read and I usually read a lot.
Currently reading:
On my bookshelf (to be read):
Recently read (in 2003 and 2004), in more or less chronological order:
- Extreme Programming Explained 2nd Edition by Kent Beck
- The SystemsThinkingPlaybook by LindaBoothSweeney? and DennisMeadows?
- FlawlessConsulting by PeterBlock
- RefactoringToPatterns by JoshuaKerievsky
- FeedbackToolkit? by Rick Maurer (ISBN 1563270560 (amazon.com, search))
- WritersWorkshopsAndTheWorkOfMakingThings by RichardGabriel?
- PunishedByRewards by AlfieKohn
- PresenceHumanPurposeAndTheFieldOfTheFuture by PeterSenge, OttoScharmer?, JosephJaworski?, BettySueFlowers? - http://www.presence.net/
- TheSevenDayWeekend by RicardoSemler
- TheClockOfTheLongNow by StewartBrand?
- HowBuildingsLearn by Stewart Brand
- LeanThinking by James Womack & Daniel Jones
- UserStoriesApplied? by MikeCohn?
- TheBlindMenAndTheElephant? by David A. Schmaltz
- MeasuringAndManagingPerformanceInOrganizations by RobertDAustin?
- CrucialConversations by KerryPatterson?, JosephGrenny?, RonMcMillan?, and AlSwitzler?
- TheArtOfTheLongView? by Peter Schwarz
- WaltzingWithBears by TomDeMarco, TimLister
- TheLivingCompany? by ArieDeGeus?
- LeanSoftwareDevelopment by MaryPoppendieck?, TomPoppendieck?
- TheNewPeoplemaking? by VirginiaSatir
- TheWisdomOfTeams? by Jon Katzenbach & Douglas Smith
- TheSevenHabitsOfHighlyEffectivePeople by StephenCovey?
- ProjectRetrospectives by NormKerth
- OrganizationalLearningII? by ChrisArgyris?, Donald Schön
- SlackGettingPastBurnoutAndTheMythOfTotalEfficiency by TomDeMarco
Fiction books read in 2004:
- Alice in Wonderland + Through the Looking Glass by LewisCarroll?
Hi Marc ! It's great to see you here - welcome. -- lb