Akash BhallaDecision making — The difference between Polling and VotingThis is a really useful and very simple technique I learned a few years ago to be used when you’re collecting advice / information from a…Aug 4, 20201Aug 4, 20201
Akash BhallaA (more British) alternative to the 1:1:1 manager handoffI’m a huge fan of the 1:1:1 manager handoff from Lara Hogan (and a huge fan in general of Lara’s writings and thoughts) but when it came…May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
Akash BhallainCarwow Product, Design & EngineeringThe story behind Hullabaloo, an unconference for engineering leadershipLast month saw the second edition of our engineering and leadership un-conference, which we’ve now rebranded as hullabaloo.May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
Akash BhallainCarwow Product, Design & Engineeringdebugging your teamA good leadership team thinks of their role as managers of a system, rather than individuals.Nov 2, 20181Nov 2, 20181
Akash BhallainCarwow Product, Design & EngineeringHow to be discerning without being invalidatingFirst, some context:Feb 16, 2018Feb 16, 2018
Akash BhallainCarwow Product, Design & EngineeringGrowing Pains - Why Rubymine is better than Emacs or VimPreviously I discussed how to optimise how you’re storing data in your brain. With that in mind, here’s why RubyMine is my editor of choice…Nov 2, 20172Nov 2, 20172
Akash BhallainCarwow Product, Design & EngineeringGrowing Pains - Learning how to learnPreviously I discussed how your career path can be simplified into a series of paths that go from being a consumer of information, to being…Oct 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017
Akash BhallainCarwow Product, Design & EngineeringGrowing pains - consumer vs producer“What exactly is it that I’m meant to be doing?” It’s a question I asked myself when I first moved into a role as an Engineering Manager…Sep 14, 2017Sep 14, 2017
Akash BhallainCarwow Product, Design & Engineering6 tips on how *not* to be a terrible managerI’m still relatively new to this whole ‘managing’ thing. It’s been an interesting transition moving from the role of an ‘individual…Jun 8, 20173Jun 8, 20173
Akash BhallainCarwow Product, Design & EngineeringOKRs@carwow : 3 months onOur CTO, David wrote an article a few months back about an organisational change that we planned for the carwow product team here. We’ve…Feb 23, 20172Feb 23, 20172
