What you can do when you are sitting across from an interviewer who doesn’t want to be there? In this article I share a tip on how to combat this tricky situation.
Delegation is a key skill for managers to master. Learn why you delegate, when, and then how to delegate effectively so your team improves and you have more time.
Today the company that produces Basecamp and Hey released an announcement to the world about how they will be changing direction in their leadership and culture. If you want a sense of the response, listen to the podcast some of its employees produce...
I’ve been in the process of getting our house ready to sell, so while I was in the garage painting doors, I queued up the audiobook for Robert Sutton’s The No Asshole Rule. Read on, for a synopsis and my very thoughtful opinion.
Code reviews are one of the most common practices in software development, but there is a better way. I share the good and bad aspects of code reviews and a better way to do them.
Experienced folks, leaders, and new developers share something in common. They fall in love with a specific technology. This favoritism leads to some fairly pointless debate and, at its worst, some poor decisions.
There are few topics that create a ruckus on command like estimation does. I thought I’d share 6 different ways you can estimate the work ahead.
In this article I give a quick explanation of what constraints are, and how they can hold groups back or spark innovation.
New project with new technology? This article using test-driven development (TDD) to learn and deliver under pressure.
Estimating projects, huge ones, seems to be an activity that causes groans and protests. I understand why. Often there’s a tension between accuracy and knowing that they can’t be accurate. When confronted with estimating a large body of work, I emplo...