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Distributed Teams Need Face Time

There's a genre of post I've seen on LinkedIn and the fediverse recently that goes something like "I worked with people in person again and forgot how great it felt!" In the warming discourse about remote work and Return To Office (RTO) policies, I

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Three Models of Value

In product development, we often think of "value" in large, discrete units: the value of project A vs project B; the value of a feature; the value of a refactor or architecture change. When we're deploying continuously, we have an opportunity to replace this mental model

Unclear Asks are Killing your Team

We've all been in a meeting, wondering what the goal was, and why we were invited. Some of us have even gotten up, said something, and left. The truly bold may have suggested ending the entire meeting and reconvening with a plan. We've also all gotten

Working from Home

I’ve started this more times than I can count. Including twice this week. You’ve read–maybe you know first-hand–the benefits and drawbacks of remote workers and distributed teams. My team works really well, remotely, but that doesn’t mean it’s all sunshine and roses and unicorns.