Why do I work for Nitro ... connecting the dots!
2016-11-11 Management Culture
We are redoing our engineering website and our blog (stay tuned).
In parallel we have worked on the Nitro Mission Statement (for 2017 and beyond) and ...
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Visit the Powerscourt Gardens ... the Home of Software Gardening
2016-10-28 Software-Engineering Management Culture
Clearly … and obviously … the idea of Software Gardening is not mine. But as I have already mentioned once or twice … I like it a ...
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Zero-to-Hero ... in a day
2016-10-22 Management Culture
Yesterday I had a good day in the office!
Nitro (like a lot of other startups) is going through growing pains. In the last 2 years we have hired a lot ...
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Talking about the value of immutability ... for deployment platforms and innovation
2013-11-12 Software-Engineering Management Culture Conferences
I am just back from presenting a talk at FutureStack in SFO.
Very interesting trip. Got very positive feedback on what we are doing. Did meet a lot of ... Read More
Gilt CIO talks ... about innovation
2013-09-24 Management Innovation
From an interview with Steve. Too good not to turn it into a blog post ...
"When people talk about innovation they are often talking about the solution ... Read More
Getting GTD done - Thoughts and Tools
2013-08-19 Personal Management Tips & Tricks Thoughts
We all have a lot to do. Effective time/task management is essential. I’ve been using GTD (Getting Things Done) for a while now (a long while :)) and ... Read More
Charting some KPIs ... how hard can it be?
2013-05-10 Software-Engineering Management Culture Nerdy
In the last couple of weeks I was working on an initiative to make all the Gilt Tech KPIs available in one place. There are lots of dashboard ... Read More
Dublin Innovation Festival - Talking about Innovation, Gilt and Ireland ... and Evolution and Darwinism
2011-11-24 Management Innovation Culture
A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to talk about three things I care about: Innovation, Gilt and Ireland. The occasion was the Dublin Chamber of ...Read More
Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose - ... or ... how to unleash creativity.
2010-06-08 Management Culture
This is going to be a short blog post. A Facebook post by Brian Kelly made me revisit the stuff that Dan Pink did and is doing.
The main idea behind ...Read More
Skills, Innovation and the future of Ireland - Bermuda Triangle or Trinity
2009-06-07 Management Personal Culture Innovation
Ireland (like any other country in the world right now) needs to reinvent itself. The Celtic Tiger (1.0) is over. Question is: What's next? Do we want ... Read More