It Depends

The spreadsheet says building is cheaper now, and the spreadsheet isn't wrong. A vendor's annual license on one line, a couple of developers and some tokens on the other. What that compar...

Chapter 3 from It Depends: Writing on Technology Leadership 2012-2022

In this episode, we discuss my experience building an exercise to better understand what is important to me in a role or...

This chapter discusses what you can do as a manager to protect your team from layoffs: Ensure the team is aligned with company goals. Raising the visibility of the good work of the individuals on t...

Teams create their own languages organically, which is essential to team bonding and belonging. Understand this and use it to improve how your team works together and make onboarding new members ea...

A room full of managers agrees on a better way to do something. Everyone nods. Six months later, every team is still working exactly the way it did before. The idea was sound. Nobody had to change,...

Some of the most valuable people in any company are those who consistently deliver. Their teams are healthy, the feedback is good, and the reward for all that reliability tends to be the same thing...