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How to Estimate Projects Without Being Absolutely Hosed
Employees are often distrustful of their business partners when they're asked to give estimates. Instead, build your communication skills to take…
Apr 15
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Discover Exactly Why Insisting on High Standards is a Thorny Issue
Amazon's brutal culture of high-standards and transparency creates great results, and sometimes hurt feelings. And I'm not sure the latter is avoidable.
Apr 1
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You Don't Have to be a Manager to be a Leader Because Leadership != Management
Leadership is a way of relating to others. Management is an organizational construct. Many leaders are not managers, and (unfortunately) some managers…
Dec 18, 2023
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Don't Let Your Soft Skills Block Your Career - Overcoming Mental Blocks
Everyone recognizes that hard skills can be a blocker for their career, and that means everyone focuses on strengthening their hard skills. Soft skills…
Nov 6, 2023
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Failed and Successful Stories of Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance isn't simply giving away free food, or lots of vacation days. It's often about what skills an employee can develop and use to set…
Sep 15, 2023
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The Ten Commandments of Maintaining Legacy Code
Maintaining legacy code is a major part of software engineering. Learn how to do it well.
Apr 8, 2023
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Dave Anderson
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The Overuse of Metrics Can Scam You Out of Customer Obsession
Metrics are a great tool, as long as they're wielded wisely. I'll talk about some of the risks and pitfalls.
May 21, 2022
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Writing and Speaking Clearly and Concisely
Communicating concisely takes practice and skill. Learn the key steps to follow to add value with everything you communicate.
Feb 27, 2022
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Dave Anderson
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Two-way Doors Are Great and One-way Doors Are Scary — Thoughtful Decision-Making
How to recognize and respond to two-way and one-way doors. A thoughtful approach to decision-making.
Oct 21, 2021
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Dave Anderson
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The Remarkable Power of Doing the Hard Things First
A leader is expected to identify and reduce risk. This means a leader does the hard things first.
Sep 23, 2021
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Dave Anderson
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What's the Worst Case Scenario? Change Management and Predicting Disasters.
A useful change management process includes a documented worst case scenario as well as the disaster recovery plans for when that scenario takes place.
Sep 17, 2021
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A First Principles Anecdote - How I Avoided Burnout at Amazon
Burnout is a real risk at a fast paced company. This is about a time I saved myself from burnout by using first principles.
Jul 15, 2021
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