Managing Your Team I’m Good at Solving Problems. Over-Owning is a Problem. Part of what makes over-owning hard for me to recognize is that it often works. Like, it gets the job done.
Artificial Intelligence Stop Trying to Make Your AI Writing Sound Human An entire cottage industry has formed around one question: how do I make my AI-generated writing sound human?
Artificial Intelligence 26 Things To Do While You’re Waiting for Your Agent to Run Tasks take time, even for the AI agent. This means I have a new category of time on my hands: the agent wait.
Delivery Practices Trust Is the Real Deliverable Why trust is the real deliverable in software consulting. Lessons from a delivery lead on judgment, predictability, and client communication.
Effective communication Stop Sending “Syncs” and Start Sending Clarity I use a simple formula for meeting invites that helps everyone show up prepared, confident, and clear about why they’re there.
Project & Team Management Read the Room, Rethink the Retro Retros aren't just dusty rituals. They offer shared insight, creativity, and care, and when done well they can help a team grow in big ways.
Personal Optimization Embrace Your Talk-to-Think Communication Style at Work Here are some practices I've found helpful to honor my communication style while minimizing chaos for myself and others.
Culture Peer Recognition: 3 Ways to Reignite Engagement and Build Team Culture When fewer people feel engaged, teams feel more disconnected and less effective. Here are 3 ways to bring back the sense of community.
Culture Peer Recognition: Why It Matters and How It Fuels Team Success I love that all avenues for peer recognition offer to meet Atoms where they're at regarding how they like to give and receive appreciation.
Project & Team Management Kickstart Your Agile Retrospective with an Icebreaker Kicking off agile retrospectives with energy can be a challenge. I like to start retros with icebreakers to ensure we start on a high note.