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Published in Koala Digital

·Oct 9, 2018

Our journey to experiments

In the beginning, Koala created the website and mattress. And Koala saw that it was good. When you build a single product company there are a lot of shortcuts you can take and assumptions you can make. When that’s a raging success you can sub-optimise around it. The company became…

Product Management

6 min read

Our journey to experiments
Our journey to experiments

Apr 30, 2018

Learnings from leadership interviews

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…

Interview

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Learnings from leadership interviews
Learnings from leadership interviews

Published in Campaign Monitor Engineering

·Feb 7, 2017

Improving estimates using past performance

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 …

Agile

4 min read

Improving estimates using past performance
Improving estimates using past performance

Published in Campaign Monitor Engineering

·Jan 6, 2016

Agile Forecasting

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. …

Software Development

3 min read

Agile Forecasting
Agile Forecasting

Published in Campaign Monitor Engineering

·Nov 8, 2015

Commitment

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

Agile

2 min read


Oct 20, 2015

Be present

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…

Coaching

2 min read

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