John KinsellaImprove your sprints with fartlek; to drive Agile improvementsAfter college, I joined a running club. I had run sprints on the high school track team and thought a club would be a good social outlet…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
John KinsellaHow Agile addresses Bullshit jobs and the culture of feudal managementLast year there was a book published that caused a bit of a sensation. David Graeber’s “Bullsh*t Jobs: The Rise Of Pointless Work And What…Sep 10, 2019Sep 10, 2019
John KinsellaWhy understanding how solutions evolve is the first step in avoiding failures.One of the hardest things for some senior people is to join an organization and embrace the history of the systems the teams maintain…Jul 2, 2019Jul 2, 2019
John KinsellaInvest in yourselfThe past few years have been especially busy. In some ways the most stress-inducing of my career. But a welcomed break has come and…Jun 19, 2019Jun 19, 2019
John KinsellaPragmatic Rules for Teams building Restful ServicesSoftware Engineering is a job that comes with daily decision making. Every piece of software is a collection of many, many choices made by…Sep 19, 2018Sep 19, 2018
John KinsellaHow Diversity Drives Agile TeamsOver the past few months there have been a few articles floating past on Flipboard that have a common theme. The articles have pointed out…Sep 5, 2018Sep 5, 2018
John KinsellaWhy your REST services aren’t restfulSoftware Engineering is a wonderful space to work within. There is constant change and improvement, new tools to take advantage of, and…Aug 15, 2018Aug 15, 2018
John KinsellaWhat isn’t Technical Debt?In the development community there is a term that is used frequently, normally with an air of frustration as it passes the speakers lips…Aug 6, 20181Aug 6, 20181
John KinsellaSoftware Teams are Spoiled for ChoiceThere was article a few weeks ago on the correlation between choice and depression. The premise was that as people have more choices they…Aug 3, 2018Aug 3, 2018
John KinsellaLegacy Drives the FutureWhen I joined Monster.com in 2004, the company was completely different than it is today. We were a top 400 website with the strong culture…Jul 27, 2018Jul 27, 2018