Jess Brock

Lover of Agile. Occasional Writer. Mildly Productive Full-Stack Developer. Immersive Learning / Dojo Fanatic. Insatiable Learner.

Hi, I'm Jess! 👋 Most days, you can find me sipping a cup of freshly ground coffee ☕ while feverishly testing hypotheses related to Agile thinking, 💻 application development, DevOps, AI, home improvement, bicycling, 🚴 and my family's level of patience. 😁

Boring Career Profile

15 years in Enterprise technology, emphasis on application development and data.

The journey has involved technical leadership, people leadership, product development, and driving business agility.
The journey also involved a steady increase in gray hair growth. 📈
I am happy with the trajectory of the journey.

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Projects

Agile Curated - Weekly newsletter featuring the most interesting stories in Agile
Agile Tonic - Identify possible conditions and treatments related to your Agile team's symptoms
WeLoveBoards - Magical Mural and Miro board stuff
Off-Road Trail Conditions Checker - Uses real-time weather data to help prevent folks from ruining off-road trails
VisionandThrive Company - True advocates for startups and small businesses
Spin Retro - A retrospective ranonmizer tool thingy

Speaking

FAQs LIVE Special: How can I avoid the most common problems when scaling agile?

Writing

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