Ryan Abel on Atomic Spin

Business Practices

A Flat Organization & Self-Managing Teams: a Recipe For Success

Imagine a workplace where management layers don't bottleneck decisions. That's reality for a flat organization with self-managing teams.

Workplace

When an organization is considering remote-first versus co-located teams, it should consider these three benefits of remote work.

Project & Team Management

As agile practices become common, I notice teams drifting further from the original intent. See if your team is falling victim to this trend.

News & Events

Business of Software (BoS) in Raleigh is one of the best conferences I’ve attended. Here are 3 takeaways from my first BoS experience.

The Software Life

After a final pass through the cities and some further discussions, we landed on creating our fourth office: Atomic Raleigh-Durham.

Culture

Atomic employees recently put their company values into practice by supporting a coworker — me — through tragedy.

Managing Your Team

Any form of feedback requires trust to succeed. The 5-15 process only works if you actually address the employee feedback.

The Software Life

Today, we'll discuss design terms such as "design system," a method that uses elements in a style guide to build the components of a system.

The Software Life

In the second part of this three-part series, I'll cover some common process terms you'll hear working on your first custom software product.

The Software Life

In this series, I'll take a stab at creating a glossary of terms for people new to custom software and software jargon.

Growing as Makers

A person who is fun to work with is often praising team members for their dedication and work ethic, not reflecting on their own successes.

Project & Team Management

Sometimes, it's hard to see progress on a software project. Here are three problems I’ve been able to solve by making work more visible.