leadership (4)

Nick

Is Modern Software development still the Ultimate Team Sport?

I’ve been watching the latest developments in software development closely, and with some interest. I’m seeing parallels between my early career and the current technologies being touted as the next best thing. Chunky (AI-written) specifications and (super crazy fast) waterfall development anyone? For decades, the…

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Nick

How I learnt to juggle

When was the last time you learnt a new skill? We were recently challenged to learn something new. Something we’d never previously done. Yes, a “Lockdown Challenge”! I’ve always wanted to be able to juggle. I quite enjoy the diabolo, so juggling seemed like another great circus…

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Nick

Getting the message

How do you ensure that everyone is on the same page? This is a look into “internal communications”…you know, the “we’ve won new business”, “please clear up in kitchen” or the “we’ve not hit a target” type communications. Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash The broadcast of these…

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Nick

Are people more than resources?

"We need additional resource!”… ... how often have you heard (or even said) that? What did you actually mean? Inmy experience, it’s a combination of things; something isn’t happening as quickly as you (or the other stakeholders) would like, or as well as you’d like…

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