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“Bug 1742: Screwdriver stuck in device”, why UX matters in B2B

Have you ever had a user so frustrated by your system that they smashed something into their device? Perhaps you haven’t seen anything quite as extreme, but I can assure you it does happen. If you make software for…

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Weekly one on one meetings

I recently started having weekly one-on-one meetings and they are the most valuable activity I do every week, if you don’t do them, start today by following the advice in this podcast!

You need a strong relationship with your manager

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Tips for building software for professionals

Professionals are people who are engaged in an activity as a full time occupation. We are all hopefully a professional at something and so we can all benefit from professional grade tools. I buy and appreciate professional grade tools at work and I…

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Every software product requires serious investment, commit to keep up or shut it down

Deciding to build and release a new software product means making significant commitments and incurring costs over a life cycle of many years. However, the size and nature of these…

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Nigerian Princes and spear phishers teach us to reach target customers

If you are building a new product, you will have narrowed down your target market to a particular type of customer that shares common characteristics and that have a particular, unmet need. Once you have…

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From collection to cash, how to deal with data

When dealing with data, companies need to understand their path from data collection to selling valuable products and services, or they are just going to waste their time and money on consultants.

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How to quickly judge a company by its office

You can tell a lot about a company by the fit out of their office. As I start planning a small office refit, I notice there are a few key decisions made in an office design that reflect the type of company that owns it.

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The most important connections you need to develop as a manager

I like to think of managers like trees. The visible achievements are the branches and the leaves, the hidden connections in their organisation that let them grow and weather storms are their roots. As a new manager…

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How to balance the functional/ cross-functional team seesaw

If you have a few years experience, you have probably experienced or lead several restructures of your teams and organisation. Perhaps, like mine, your organisational seesaw has swung somewhat violently from being primarily…

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Hiring amazing people is really hard work, lessons I learnt about recruitment this year

If you are a team lead or manager, hiring people to join your team is something you have to do well, in fact as a manager, I believe it is the most important thing I do. It is a…

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