The Software Life The Power of the Coffee Walk: Boosting Creativity, Collaboration, and Focus The post-lunch "Coffee Walk" ritual — gathering a small group of coworkers for a 20-minute walk — has unlocked surprising benefits.
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.
Developer Tools Diversify Dev Tooling to Support Collaboration on Custom Software We diversified our developer tooling to enable direct collaboration with our custom software client. Here's how it worked out.
Evolving the Industry Open-Source Software: A Love Letter to Sharing Knowledge A core Atomic Object value is "Teach & Learn," because knowledge is best shared. This value is also at the heart of open-source software.
UX/Design Tools Synchronous Collaboration in Figma Has Been a Game Changer Making the transition from Sketch to synchronous collaboration in Figma drastically increased our team's ability to work together effectively.
The Software Life Deep Collaboration: Let’s Not Give Up In-Person Work I’ve recently been referring to Atom's approach as "Deep Collaboration." We get great benefits from working this way in person.
Project & Team Management Great Consultants Provide Great Options: Active Problem Solving in Three Steps Great consultants are active problem solvers, transforming "What should I do?" into: "Here are the options, their pros and cons, and a recommendation."
