Michelle BrushManage Risk, Not BuffersI used to be habitually early for flights. It drove some of my friends nuts. Conversations about carpooling to the airport would go…Apr 11, 2018Apr 11, 2018
Michelle BrushThe Curse of KnowledgeRecently, as I was explaining how to multiply negative numbers to my son, I realized I was explaining it exactly the way it had been…Feb 25, 20181Feb 25, 20181
Michelle BrushThe Death of Cannot ReproduceI used to write code for automotive navigation devices. In one of my most epic troubleshooting and debugging moments of my career, I sat…Oct 18, 2017Oct 18, 2017
Michelle BrushThe Cult of KnowingEarly in my career, I attended a leadership class that focused on recognition. The thing that stuck with me is that we naively assume…Oct 16, 2017Oct 16, 2017
Michelle BrushWhen Ideas Are the ProblemA few years ago I found myself working more with people whose backgrounds were in marketing. I decided to take a marketing class to better…Sep 15, 2017Sep 15, 2017
Michelle BrushWe’re not even working on the same plane.In geometry a plane divides a 3-dimensional space the same way a line divides a 2D one. It severs the space into two regions with points…Sep 10, 2017Sep 10, 2017
Michelle BrushThe Tyranny of the Middling SolutionI never really got Goldilocks. Was it a lesson saying you should settle so you can eat and sleep before the bears come? Was the lesson to…Jul 30, 2017Jul 30, 2017
Michelle BrushOpportunity Is Not a Zero Sum GameI’m going to start with the following premise:Jul 16, 2017Jul 16, 2017