Lina Miller

Take the Stress Out of Social Planning for Distributed Teams

When you’re separated by a few-hour car ride, social plans aren’t easy. Here are a few tips that keep our distributed team connected.

Effective communication

Building a Generalist Marketing Team: The Case for Documentation

When building a generalist marketing team, documenting your tasks pays dividends long-term, from onboarding to switching tasks.

Business Practices

Hourly vs. Salary: Why Being an Hourly Employee Works for Me

Are you wondering what the benefits are of being a “corporate” hourly employee vs. a salaried one? Here are a few of my favorites.

Culture

Cultural Lingo: Bringing New Employees into Company Culture by Explaining Jargon

I hope sharing this lingo will help new Atoms get a feel for company culture and kick off their experience with Atomic by feeling “in” on that culture.

Effective communication

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, and Anger: Resolving FUDA at Work

It is okay and normal to have FUDA. It is not okay to passively remain in a state of FUDA. Folks should actively work to resolve these feelings.

Resources for Clients

Make Your Website Analytics Data Actionable with Google Data Studio

With all of the impossible-to-understand data floating around, how can you actually make use of any of it? Google Data Studio.

Effective communication

Pitching Your Projects to Leadership: Do’s & Don’ts

While working at Atomic, I've learned a lot about how to figure out your audience and pitch a project the right way. Here are some do's and don'ts.

Growing as Makers

Lacking inspiration at work? Teach someone what you do!

I discovered that when you teach a coworker or friend about what you do, you gain inspiration and a newfound appreciation for your work.

Evolving the Industry

Conversations with the Most Interesting Man in Insurance, Part 2: Innovating Internally

Companies hope internal software teams will strong innovators who can be dedicated to new projects, but that's often not the case.

Evolving the Industry

Conversations with the Most Interesting Man in Insurance, Part 1: Adapting During COVID-19

Two tactics that Rob Galbraith thinks insurance companies should adopt to better serve customers and stand out from the competition in the face of COVID-19.

Personal Optimization

A Verbal Processor’s Guide to Working from Home

I think best when I'm talking through ideas with someone else – a big challenge when working from home. Here are three ways this verbal processor is weathering the pandemic.

News & Events

Atomic Welcomes its 2020 Grand Rapids Accelerator Cohort

Four new makers joined Atomic Grand Rapids this summer as part of the Accelerator — a professional development program for newly-graduated developers.

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