Encouraging Creative Conflict: Form, Storm, Top Gun
In this post, I address the notion that managers should encourage “creative conflict” on teams. I disagree.
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Avoiding The Politics of Code Review
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the SmartBear blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. They have a number of authors over there that are writing good posts. Asking someone to look over your work is a pretty common practice in any discipline. We’ve been conditioned with the idea…
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Escaping Sucker Culture
A lot was made of my recent and popular post, The Beggar CEO and Sucker Culture. Given the traffic that it generated, discussions took place ranging from the merits of developers unionizing to startup versus established corporate cultures. Perhaps the most common theme, however, was what my call to action was and the actual mechanics…
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Getting That New Tool Past The Gate Keeper
Editorial Note: this post was originally written for the SmartBear blog. You can read the original here, at their site. Check out the rest of the content while you’re there. Let me tell you a tale, and stop me if it sounds familiar. Well, I suppose the medium of blogging will prevent you from actually…
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The Beggar CEO and Sucker Culture
The other day, I was doing something on LinkedIn, when I noticed a post title that somehow made its way into my feed: “Why Don’t My Employees Work Harder?” I clicked through out of curiosity and found that this was a corporate Dear Abby sort of thing. A CEO identifying herself as “Victoria” submitted the following…