Developer shortage? Look Within
The answer to most companies’ developer shortages is likely to look within, and make those developers more productive.
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One Easy Way To Reduce Unproductive Behavior
It’s a familiar story. Soda taxes have also flopped in New York State and San Francisco. So far, only superliberal Berkeley, Calif., has succeeded in adopting such a measure over industry objections. The obvious lesson from Philadelphia is that the soda industry is winning the...
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Management By Meeting With Everyone
The best managers I’ve worked with have always been those who honestly immersed themselves in the business.
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Too Good Of A Story Not To Be Told At This Stage
I think it’s too good of a story not to be told at this stage,” [Johny] Srouji says. “Hopefully, we won’t reveal too much.” When the original iPhone came out in 2007, Steve Jobs was well aware of its flaws. It had no front camera,...
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Chowing Down On Employees’ Brains
When BAE learns that an employee with deep institutional knowledge plans to retire, whether in a few months or a couple years, a knowledge transfer group of about a half-dozen people of varying ages working in the same area is formed. The teams meet regularly...
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The Rapid Adoption Of Change — Takes Time
I found a great insight, that doesn’t show up that often, in the following article in my research archives. Robert Holler, the CEO of VersionOne (an Agile vendor) was quoted: “I think there might have been this anticipation five years ago that agile would take...
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How I Ran A Four Minute Mile And Why You Should Be Skeptical
I went into the house and deadpanned to my wife that I had just run a couple of 4 minute miles. Her response? “Wow!” She was serious.
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How Not To Lose Your Soul And Still Be Successful
When you start your career, you might think you’re setting out to change the world. But the world is far more likely to change you.
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To Be Masters Of Our Universe We Need To Dive Deep
I'd be sitting there reading the comics going, ‘Look at this. Just do this. This is incredible.'
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We’ve Known The Basics For Years But Still Need To Apply Them
We need to be reminded more instead of being being taught more.
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Mix It Up
That’s exactly the mix you want to foster in a team. On one hand, you have your innovators. These are your dropouts and visionaries.
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Don’t Let Someone Else Do Your Thinking For You
Thank you, but I’ll make my own decisions.
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Its Not The Money, Its What You Know
That turned out to be wrong as the panel’s lone skeptic delights in pointing out. “Look at all the money the Yankees have been spending without much success,”
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What I Learned By Hacking At The National Security Agency
My supervisors knew what I was up to. But I was a young Airman whose job, at least for the first six months, was to tear messages off of classified printers.
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You Have To Be Looking For It
Thousands of engineers in the future would not see it. The funny thing about it is, once the hole is explained to you, it’s obvious.
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