Sarah Brockett on Atomic Spin

You Should Probably Be Saying “No” to Your Client More Often

People pleasing can run deep in the consulting space. Let’s chat about when it’s okay, and even recommended, to say “no” to a client.

Product Development

The Double-Edged Sword of Collaboration: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Decision Paralysis

I'm all for collaboration, but let’s talk about the limits of collaboration and how to avoid decision paralysis.

Personal Optimization

Don’t Call It a Resolution: Why New Year’s Goals Are Superior

I love setting goals at the beginning of a new year. However, let's be clear here: I set New Year's goals, not a resolution.

Growing as Makers

Atomic Con: The Value of Hosting an Internal Conference

Our next internal conference, Atomic Con, will be held in early 2024, and our planning committee has already gotten the ball rolling.

Project & Team Management

Better Together: The Software Project Team Lead Triforce

Somewhere along the way, I started referring to our strong union of project team leads as the Team Lead Triforce.

UX & Design

How to Use InDesign’s Data Merge Feature to Automate the Creation of Name Tags

You can do all sorts of fancy things with the Data Merge feature in InDesign. I used it to automate creating name tags.

Growing as Makers

5 Factors to Consider When Relocating for Your Career

Thinking about why I moved to Chicago a year ago helped me tease out a few factors folks might consider when contemplating relocating for work.

The Software Life

The Impact of Hobbies on Personal and Professional Growth

I have gained so much through the experience of trying new hobbies, from improved mental health to camaraderie and friendship.

UX/Design Practices

How to Apply Design Methodologies to a Delivery Lead Practice

Recently, I realized that many of the working methods I use as a delivery lead are rooted in Design Thinking practices I learned as a designer.

The Software Life

Agile Practices for Normal Life – A Retrospective

Welcome back to Agile Practices for Normal Life. Today, we’re going to get a little meta and talk about doing a sprint retrospective of this experiment.

The Software Life

Agile Practices for Normal Life – Planning a Sprint

This is the fifth installment of my series on using Agile Practices for Normal Life. Today, we’re going to plan our first sprint!

The Software Life

Agile Practices for Normal Life – Defining & Estimating Stories

In today's entry in my series on Agile Practices for Normal Life, we'll dig into the backlog with a focus on defining and estimating our stories.

Sarah Brockett

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