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Default to gratitude

Last Friday I was completely drained. I didn’t have the best day at work, I was sleep deprived, and I wasn’t in the best mood.... »

Gratitude, Mental-health, Productivity 23 Mar 2022

On productivity

I did a recent AMA on Clubhouse and there were a lot of awesome, hard-hitting questions on the panel. So for the next several weeks,... »

Productivity, Metrics, Performance-management 14 Apr 2021

You only need to be in two kinds of meetings

I’ve been on a meeting diet lately. I’ve been rejecting meetings left and right and that’s been pissing off some folks. And you know what?... »

Meetings, Productivity 24 Mar 2021

Hitting deadlines

My recent productivity obsession is around Evidence-Based Scheduling. Software estimation is hard. But I also want to make sure our stakeholders understand how far we... »

Productivity, Scheduling, Anti-patterns 09 Mar 2021

A quick and dirty guide to Kanban

I recently saw a question about how to implement Kanban and I realized I could very succinctly describe what is involved in the practice. Lots... »

Agile, Productivity 30 Nov 2020
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