It never fails that I’ll be sitting with a team and either someone on the team or a manager turns away from an idea because it isn’t efficient. Instead, that is what they say, but it is not always the reality. I’ve since decided that declaring someth...

Constraints often feel like a tricky word to understand or do anything about. In this article I want to break down what a constraint is and what some options are for dealing with them. Constraints are Limits When we get right down to it, a constraint...

Whether it is performance reviews, personal, strategic, or yearly, goal-setting is an important skill to develop. I find myself often helping leaders articulate and shape theirs, and today I want to cover a few basics about them. Why Goals? Setting g...

The other day someone reached out to me with a question I get somewhat regularly, but I never really thought to write down my answer much. The question was, "How do you come up to speed quickly on new languages and technology?" Quick for me is produc...

At a conference during the time between sessions, someone remarked that The Responsibility Process changed their life. I read the book and went through the class, and it changed my perspective as well. Personal Responsibility Responsibility is a funn...

A new project is about to begin, and various leaders are gathered in a room to make a few critical decisions. On the table today is the number of teams. A consultant provides several options. After listening, a leader asks about their current approac...

Last night I saw a tweet fly by about a new book coming out that was all about the technical resume. I found it fitting since today I want to start promoting my first-ever class on the same thing. They mentioned it includes advice from 200+ recruiter...

My favorite chef, Jacques Pepin, says that he judges a chef by what he does with eggs. That eggs are so simple in concept, but require precision to get right. He goes further to talk about the importance of technique, and that learning to perfectly h...

Earlier today, I was in a conversation with Jabe Bloom about architecture. In my slowness to figure out what we were talking about, I thought we were talking about something else entirely. Jabe recently posted an image to twitter about architecture,...

Years ago, I worked with a team, and they showed some remarkable results after I suggested some pretty bold changes. On that team, there was one person who continued to work the way they always did. The team was frustrated with them and eventually ex...