Discussing Remote ... the book!!!
2020-04-07 Software-Engineering Management TEDN Remote Culture Books
These days people look for advice and insight into how to build and run a remote-first engineering organization. And want/need to learn fast!!! One ... Read More
The Extreme Digital Nomad (TEDN)
2020-03-31 Software-Engineering Management TEDN Culture
In the last 25 years I have build and run multiple distributed software engineering organisations. My management style/philosophy is based on a couple ... Read More
The cost of building a skateboard ... and a lot of PSs
2018-05-26 Software-Engineering Culture
The other day I was explaining again how to build an MVP and I was using the skateboard picture (again :)). In the middle of the discussion I realized ... Read More
About being a (software development) manager ... and managing energy!!!
2018-01-20 Software-Engineering Management Culture
A lot has been written and said about what you need to do as a manager or more specifically as a manager of a software development ... Read More
Hackweeks @ Nitro ... The Why, The What, The How
2017-07-29 Software-Engineering Management Culture
As already discussed: I am obsessed with building cars!!! Not in the sense that I want/need to build cars, but in the sense that Henry Ford famously ... Read More
Leadership at Amazon ... Productive Friction 2.0
2017-06-12 Software-Engineering Management Culture
The other day I was reading the letter that Jeff Bezo’s is writing to shareholders every year. The obsession with fast, good decision making was ... Read More
Productive Friction and Diversity ... the pillars of innovation ... or: How to NOT build faster horses!
2017-06-12 Software-Engineering Management Culture
In the week of Jul., 10th we are going to do our next Hackweek. The concept is not new. A lot of companies do it. The question is: Why is it valuable? ... Read More
The myth of ... getting it right the first time
2017-06-06 Software-Engineering Books Culture
I am reading it again: Clean Code. This time I am reading it differently. The first time around (6 years ago), I was reading it and learned a lot ... Read More
Thoughts on Operational Excellence
2017-04-30 Management Culture
Sometimes for me discussions about Operational Excellence sound like discussions about teenager sex: Everybody is talking about it, nobody … ... Read More
LOL ... printers suck!!!
2017-01-19 Management Culture
Last year we visited some of our customers in EMEA to get some video footage about their Nitro Experience. While we had our Creative Director in town ... Read More