Olivier G

“If it hurts, do it more frequently, and bring the pain forward.”
― Jez Humble, Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases Through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation

“without variability, we cannot innovate. Product development produces the recipes for products, not the products themselves. If a design does not change, there can be no value-added. But, when we change a design, we introduce uncertainty and variability in outcomes. We cannot eliminate all variability without eliminating all value-added.”
― Donald G. Reinertsen, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

“We tend to think we understand what we read – until we try to rewrite it in our own words. By doing this, we not only get a better sense of our ability to understand, but also increase our ability to clearly and concisely express our understanding – which in return helps to grasp ideas more quickly.”
― Sönke Ahrens, How to Take Smart Notes

“The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.”
― Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action