Applying Agile remotely
Our enthusiastic team of Agile managers are out to debunk the myth of the god-like powers of post-it notes and index cards. In preparation for submitting a talk for the annual Scrum Gathering in South Africa in November, they are talking at two SUGSA meetups, the first happening in Cape Town on 4 August followed […]
Introducing #morphbites
The idea is to share short sound bites about all the interesting happenings in the dev, design and process world that we function in. Individuals grab one of our Slack channels and give a 5 minute run down of 2 or more highlights from that channel. We find these rapid info-sharing sessions a great way […]
Mastering Teams & Debugging Team Toxins
In his book “Drive”, Dan Pink suggests that Mastery is one of the three elements — along with Autonomy and Purpose — that compels us to do what we do. Mastery allows us to move from simply complying to a set of “rules” and “musts” to engaging in the functions that comprise our vocation. “The […]
Unlikely Heroes – Imagine
Scrum Gathering 2015 – South Africa Unlikely Heroes – Imagine ← You are Here Unlikely Heroes – Empower Unlikely Heroes – Mastery As with the other two streams, there are 7 talk slots to write about, how do I even begin?! The solution of course, is to be picky. So I’ll start with […]
UX growing tall in South Africa
“A meaningful experience, if done well, will become a shareable experience.” Polymorph got the opportunity to take a peek inside the rapidly growing User Experience Industry and Community in South Africa. Six Polymorph employees attended the second annual UX Conference at the Waterfront in Cape Town last month. We heard from a number of fantastic […]
Polymorph Family Day 2015
What has three legs, a thick skin and the ability to feed the hungriest of Polymorphers? The answer is a Potjie. Six of them, in fact. On Saturday 28 November we had our annual family day, and this year we decided to make it a bit of a competition. We set out to find the […]
Why Polymorph is a great workplace for everyone
It’s 7am in the morning and I’m still in bed.Upon hearing the beep on my cellphone announcing a direct/group message, I get out of bed. It’s my Agile Manager and she’s already hard at work. The six weeks since I joined Polymorph has been a life-changing experience. Although I have spent only a few days […]
Annual Introspection – Part 2
Continuing on our introspection, posted a while ago, Richard continues his overview of what being Polymorph has taught us about tech. “We help our partners build the mobile user interfaces their products need. We focus mostly on IoT and wearables, as well as FinTech products. These are areas where exciting, innovative products are being developed, […]
The Microsoft Surface Book – A Step In The Right Direction
“My opinion is that Microsoft have really turned the corner, and are back to being a very innovative company. The momentum was against them in the last few years, but they seem to be winning back the consumer heart slowly but surely. These are great products finally on the level where they can actually compete […]
Annual Introspection – Part 1
Polymorph has grown in leaps and bounds since its humble beginnings in Worcester, many years ago, through a merger and a shift in headquarters. Apt, then, to celebrate our swanky new offices with a look at how far we’ve come. It is an exciting time to be doing what we are doing. For a long […]
