Ron Lichty

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Software Engineering Management, untangling organizational knots, creating roadmaps, delivering great products. Author, Programmer, Service, Integrity. Co-author, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams.

TV image of Elon Musk with caption: ELON MUSK: THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO BECOME A TRILLIONAIRE Wife watching, to husband: FRANKLY, I'D BE MORE IMPRESSED TO SEE THE LAST PERSON IN THE WORLD IN POVERTY!
Covers of the book "Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams" in four languages: English, Polish, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional.
bag of lychees (fruits in a bumpy peelable shell)
The cover of the June 1987 issue of A+ magazine, upper right a photo of Tom Crosley and Ron Lichty, promoting their article inside, "Creating the IIGS Sales Demo"
Ron Lichty, pictured with his first "microcomputer" workstation, a SWTP 6800. A rack of 5 1/4" floppy disks in the background.
The Java mascot, holding a celebratory glass of wine
The covers of the book Managing the Unmanageable in English, Polish and Chinese
Person-height sculpture on JFK in Golden Gate Park is "SM_LE" - that's Ron Lichty and his bike supplying the "I".
Cover of the book, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams, by Mickey W Mantle and Ron Lichty
The sculpture is three letters - a gap between K and ND - opportunity for, in this case, me to stand as the "I".
word cloud created from the wisdom in the Rules of Thumb and Nuggets of Wisdom section of the book, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams
Ron Lichty teaching...
I grew up being told "the older you get, the more conservative you become." I'm finding that the older I get, the more I just want our society to be more tolerant, charitable, kind, peaceable, and ensure that everyone has what they need to survive and thrive.
Schwab CIO Dawn Lepore presenting the year's Technical Leader of the Year award to Ron Lichty, soon to be promoted to VP Engineering at Schwab
Meetup Banner: photo of speaker Ron Lichty Talk Title: Enlightened Managers: The Key to Empowering & Encouraging Self-Organizing Teams Meetup Host: Enterprise Agile Global Community
ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKES YOU GREAT AT BEING A PROGRAMMER IS THE ABILITY TO SHUT OUT THE WORLD, TO CLIMB INTO THE MICROPROCESSOR AND LISTEN TO THE GATES OPEN AND CLOSE ...AND THAT'S JUST EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AS A MANAGER. — RON LICHTY
Banner: photo of speaker Ron Lichty, talk title: Enlightened Managers: The Key to Empowering & Encouraging Self-Organizing Teams
5 rules about authors: 1. Authors are not wealthy. Most authors earn under $5,000/YEAR. 2. Once a book has over 50 reviews, AMAZON will List it in newsletters and other promotions. 3. Short reviews are fine. "This is a good book," works! It's the number of reviews that's important, not the length of the review. 4. Leaving a review is the best way to say THANK YOU to an author and let her know you enjoyed her book. 5. Book reviews help other readers find new books to read.
The snake of stories after a team ranked them relative to each other, and a burn-up chart
Bag of lychees
Ron & bike, a mile or so south of the Bayside Park trailhead, as the trail is about to dip under the Anza Blvd bridge.
Ron Lichty speaking at CTO Summit on "Critical Practices, Nuanced Techniques", pre-pandemic.
Ron and his Schwinn bike, behind them a workout area right alongside the Bay Trail as it heads south from Bayside Fields in Burlingame
My bike fronting the turnoff sign for Bayside Fields, 1125 Airport Blvd, Burlingame, where there's parking - my northernmost trailhead for the Bay Trail.
Banner for Ron Lichty/Greg Cohen AIPMM webinar May 2010: Real World Strategies for Prioritizing the Product Backlog
Ron Lichty with his bike next to the Dog Man (Rabbit Women hidden behind) Riding Whale sculpture located on the centerline of JFK Drive, now pedestrian only, Golden Gate Park.
Mike & Ron up-canyon in the Methow Valley, its granite rock faces for a backdrop to our cross-country skiing.
photos of covers of the English, Polish and two Chinese versions of the book, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams, by Mickey Mantle and Ron Lichty