Jeff Williams on Atomic Spin

My Network Upgrades with UniFi & Xfinity for Better At-Home Work and School

Doing work and school online from home was really taxing our network. Here's how I used Xfinity and UniFi to create a great home network.

Growing as Makers

Six Ways to Improve Your Listening Skills & Become a Great Consultant

As kids, we're told to listen, but we're not taught how. Fortunately, we can improve our listening skills with focus and practice.

Personal Optimization

Bringing Gratitude into our Level 10 Meetings

We are almost a year into doing this simple, small thing, and I believe it's had a positive impact on our teams. It's certainly affected us as leaders.

Project & Team Management

More than a “Manager” – How to become a Career Coach & Help Your Makers Thrive

You are a role model. How you act every day has a profound influence on your makers. What you demonstrate as important will rub off on them.

Personal Optimization

Grit: Why You Want the Tough Stuff

Grit is the raw endurance, perseverance, and passion that keeps you going, despite the obstacles in front of you. And it's something you build in yourself. But only if you do the h

Growing as Makers

You Need to Be Involved with SoftwareGR

Are you a software designer or developer in West Michigan? How about a manager who wants to expose their software team to new ideas?

Personal Optimization

You’re Doing Feedback All Wrong

Telling people how to improve actually hinders learning. Your advice is probably wrong, too much about you, and too focused on improving weaknesses.

Resources for Clients

What Challenge Will Your Company Face Next? Check the Predictable Success Framework

Knowing where you are in the company growth journey can help you identify the real problems you're struggling with and find a solution before you burn out.

Planning Your Project

Have a Big Software Idea? Start Small, then Make it Better

Investing in a large, "world-changing" first release is wasteful and dangerous. Successful companies launch a small, valuable product, then start learing.

The Software Life

Atomic’s Radiator as a Digital Dashboard

Our Radiator was born out of an idea to measure the effectiveness of Atomic’s marketing efforts. I remember seeing an early version made out of yarn, tacts, cork board, and paper.

Business Practices

Setting Up KPIs and a Dashboard at Your Software Consultancy

Good metrics could include utilization, schedule availability, sales, project health, and accounts receivables. Each focuses on an important part of the consulting business and map

Planning Your Project

Six Software Startup Mistakes & How to Avoid Them

A unique idea isn’t enough. It's the quality of execution that often differentiates software startup success from failure. So how do you get it right?

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