A few years ago, SLACK was the messaging darling, enabling quick, simplified messaging with minimal setup and management for administrators. In addition, it boasted a robust API/Integration framework which let it do what so many collaboration applications to date had struggled with – get inside everything you work with. Or rather, you get inside SLACKContinue reading “Collaboration’s Biggest Challenge”
Category Archives: Drive
Bad Renovations in Software
Recently, while doing some work in my basement, I had to remove a vertical bulkhead. Actually, I didn’t have to remove but wanted to see what was behind it after staring at it for so many years. When I opened it up, it was empty, there was nothing of use behind it – no vents,Continue reading “Bad Renovations in Software”
Lead them in the Middle
Your First Team Meeting is critical to getting things underway with either a new team or project. How you start will set the tone for how the project will kick-off and where your team will look to focus their energies. In the beginning, like the song, “Everything Is Awesome” in the beginning, simple because it’s allContinue reading “Lead them in the Middle”
The Proximity to Success Fallacy
Does the proximity of your team members to one another (i.e., how close they are, if they are remote) determine the success of your project? No. Does our success change if we sit close to each other? No. Does it have any impact on it? Only in our heads. If you were to go backContinue reading “The Proximity to Success Fallacy”
Overcoming the Hiring Problem
Great People = Great Products. And right now, you have that incredible product offering put together by an amazingly talented group of people from here, there and everywhere. The team is executing and delivering on all facets in building the next iteration or branching out into something different. And now your customer base is growingContinue reading “Overcoming the Hiring Problem”
The Leadership Wake
Everything is going well until it’s not. But all the signs were there from the beginning… Jack and Sara were always butting heads over syntax and format but everyone thought it was harmless banter until they started yelling at each other in a meeting. Jeff never complained about having to write test cases when theContinue reading “The Leadership Wake”
The Purpose of Your Team
If there is one activity that you should always be revisiting with your team, it’s their purpose. Even now, especially now, with your team disrupted, its a great opportunity to take 15 minutes and think about what your team’s purpose is and how they are executing towards that vision. You will not need complicated presentationContinue reading “The Purpose of Your Team”
Where did it Start?
I’ve been asked this question a few times over the last months as Code Your Way Up has got closer to completion and is set to be GA (Generally Available) in the next two weeks. I’ll try to boil this down to a few key points on where the idea came from… I’d been writingContinue reading “Where did it Start?”
Code Your Way Up 