The Sprint is like a chess game. The development team is using different pieces to achieve the Sprint Goal which is "Checkmate". It is easy to get carried away and want to take out all your opponent's pieces and not consider how each move may or may not get you closer to that checkmate. When... Continue Reading →
Landing Your First Job Without Experience
Another Sunday, as someone that might have been in the market for a minute I decided to write about something that I wish I read earlier. Hiring and interviewing people has given me a view of things from a different perspective and I’ll be answering one of the questions that might be bugging you. How... Continue Reading →
Mental Health In the Tech-Industry [A Data-driven Conversation]
Another Sunday guys, This post is to help people know they are not alone and educate others on mental health using this dataset I found online from a survey that was filled by employees in the tech industry. I will be focusing on employees in the United States because it had more data. You can't... Continue Reading →
18 Months Later [The Re-Introduction]
Another Sunday guys, it has been a minute. Said that a couple of times in a few of my previous posts. I didn't write for over a year and there was no particular reason for that. I thought about it a couple of times, why wasn't I writing anymore? What was the problem? Was it... Continue Reading →
Muda no nai gainen [The Lean Concept]
Another Sunday, welcome to your first Lean class. I am Sensei (Master) Oscar and I am a Lean Six Sigma white, green & black belt. So if anybody looks for your trouble, Run! In this post we will be talking about one of the fundamental Lean concepts called 5S (five-es) and how to apply it,... Continue Reading →
Is There Even A Recipe?
Hey guys, another Sunday. I just got my lean six sigma black belt and it was quite a task but that aside welcome to August. This post was inspired by Okpa (A local Nigerian food made from bambara nut and goes with a bottle of sprite). My mum and I wanted to make Okpa a... Continue Reading →
Some People Call Me Oscar Or Oscar-T
Hey guys, another Sunday. We are going to be seven months this week and I thought, "Why don't I introduce myself?". This is not like a professional bio or an essay about myself, it's you getting to know me. My name is Oscar-Timothy Okolo and yeah "Oscar-Timothy" is one name. Some people call me Oscar... Continue Reading →
Fixing the symptoms:- y = f(x)
If I had one hour to live, I'd spend it in Math class... It never ends. Hey guys, another Sunday. So I had a Migraine two days ago which inspired today’s post kind of. As a process improvement specialist, when you’re faced with a problem you tend to approach it from a special angle to... Continue Reading →
What You Can Measure
Hey guys, it's been a minute. We will talk about where I've been and what I've been up to later but for now let's talk about what you can measure. When you hear the word measure what comes into your mind, a tape or meter rule or probably a table or wall, then pencils for... Continue Reading →
Being Left handed in a Right handed World Part 4 – A letter to my Dad
Hey guys, I haven't written in a while cause I've been kind of in between activities. Today is my Dad's birthday and I am dedicating this post to him, Keep resting Dad. You're the man. I grew up seeing a map behind the black board we had in the study, we weren't allowed to clean... Continue Reading →