Management

This article analyses the integration or attempted integration of User Experience & Design (UX) into the Agile software development model/philosophy. It argues that despite several attempts at striking a balance between the two, a fruitful integration between Agile and UX design remains stubbornly hard with limited examples of true success…

🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 Community structures within Tech complement our squads and pods. They are given the high stake responsibility of defining and implementing the standards and systems to deliver results for years to come. Nowadays we have communities for Data Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineering, Software Infrastructure & Quality, and full-stack. When…

1:1 meetings with your team members are the most crucial (and underrated) tool for building relationships, setting goals, and providing feedback as a manager. …

The type of organization needed to do BT well — Have you ever seen a concert in which an orchestra performed well? How about one in which an orchestra did not? While there can be many factors that contribute to an orchestra not performing well, there’s usually only one major reason why an orchestra performed well — everyone played their…

And not just another faker — Gaining confidence is like dieting. If you try to rush it and cheat, you’ll get results that are hollow, short-lived, and unsustainable. You want to grow confidence slowly. From good habits. Consistent effort. And earned competence. Toxic confidence in a leader destroys a team’s morale and stunts development. Here are…

You don’t need a team to be a leader. — I got this question last week. “Why do we focus on leaders and not on ‘creating’ better followers?” Does it remind you of the 🐔 chicken or 🥚egg question? I believe everyone can be a leader. You don’t need a fancy email signature for that (although it makes you feel…

I recently read this article about how to manage low performers and it made me think of something I consider to be wrong that I saw many times while working as an EM in different companies. The situation I’ve had my share of dealing with underperformance: as EM I had to manage…

This Old Chinese Folktale is Ageless Wisdom — There is a Chinese parable that underscores the fundamental nature of all business and is terrific guidance for leaders when faced with changing business conditions that are inevitably part of any business and anyone's career over the long haul. It goes like this… A farmer used an old horse in…

Exploring this quick way to understand what you do and don’t know and how priorities stack based on that information — Got a big ol’ list of projects, but not sure how to prioritize them? Similar to the four quadrants template for goal creation, RICE scoring can give you a quick gut check on which projects to do first. Get the template here: RICE Scoring Example [Make a Copy] Is this…