In March 2018 I started interviewing for engineering leadership positions. This was a new experience for me having joined Campaign Monitor 5 years previously as an engineer. As the company grew, I grew with it through various roles such as Team Lead, Delivery Lead, and eventually Director of Engineering. I…

In my previous post I discussed why we should act more like Superforecasters when estimating. I suggested that we should leverage our historical performance and communicate estimates as a range and confidence level instead of a simple delivery date. Here I describe one method I have had some success with. Base Estimates …

Santa was kind to me this year. I’ve been good and as a reward I found a shiny new Kindle Paperwhite under the tree on Christmas morning. With plenty of downtime over the holidays, the first book I read was Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner. …

Fear of commitment is an institutional problem. It is an emotion that has been carefully nurtured by continued failure to meet expectations. …

When you attend a meeting actually be present, not just physically but mentally too. You are invited to a group discussion because your company needs you. They need your brainpower, creativity and ideas. They need you to solve problems by joining the dots in some non-obvious way that requires the…