Managing & coaching personal conflictThe second day after I joined a new company one of my new reports burst into tears at a seemingly innocuous “How is it going?” at the…Jan 17, 2021Jan 17, 2021
Bias to action & minimum timeboxingLike many people in the tech space, I am biased to action. It is a generally a great trait that helps to move forward and get things done…Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019
Denver Startup Week — the Ambassador experienceLet me start by saying just how much I enjoyed the entire trip. The city of Denver. The local startups. The hosts. The itinerary. And my…Jan 4, 2019Jan 4, 2019
delivering on long term roadmap: myth or reality?Is this possible and if not, what can we expect?Feb 25, 20181Feb 25, 20181
scope & on time delivery“What if the customer clicks on this button, sees the popup, types some text, then cancels, and later comes back to the popup — do we…Feb 6, 2018Feb 6, 2018
on productivity & predictability in software engineering“I am completely satisfied with how fast our engineering team delivers and how well they hit the deadlines,” said no CEO ever.Feb 6, 2018Feb 6, 2018
DevOps without Scale, Part 2In Part 1 of this series, I covered why it’s important to be aware of your product’s health and how you can do so. I covered the user…Apr 14, 2016Apr 14, 2016
DevOps Without Scale, Part 1When most people think of DevOps, what comes to mind first are continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD) pipelines…Apr 1, 2016Apr 1, 2016
