Messy Humans

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โ€œMessy Humansโ€ is my mantra to remind myself and others that it's NORMAL for humans to be imperfect -- especially in fast-changing software development. Here, I share sometimes weird thoughts and stories from my 15+ years as an agilist and coach.

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About Erika Lenz

Agile-adjacent, startup entrepreneur, ex-biologist and poet, seeking like minds. I'm waiting.

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