Personal Optimization How To Be a Good Internal Consultant Consulting inside your organization is a critical part of being a good consultant in general — something we take seriously at Atomic.
Culture Breaking Down the Term “Boutique Consulting Firm” From multinational organizations to a boutique consulting firm, my reflections on my journey to Atomic Object.
Project & Team Management 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.
Growing as Makers From Green to Great: Building Confidence in Consulting Preferring simplicity over complexity and being a great communicator are traits I've observed from effective software consultants.
Growing as Makers Good Gardening = Good Software (or What I Learned While Getting a Horticulture Certification) Curiosity is important, a concept that was reinforced as I finished a horticulture certification from the MSU Extension Gardening program.
Business Practices How to Generate Immediate Consulting Demand Turning inward — to our current portfolio, past clients, and active sales pipeline — we often can generate immediate consulting demand.
Project & Team Management From Understanding to Synthesis: A Consulting Blueprint Over 15 years as a software developer and consultant, I've developed an approach I call Dialectical Consulting.
The Software Life A Truly Strategic Partnership: Why Some Startups Work with Atomic Working with a custom software consultancy can benefit startups significantly, even if the cost might be higher.
The Software Life What is a Software Consultant and Developer Anyway? At Atomic the software consultant & developers are product innovators, tool sharpeners, process geeks and, of course, skilled developers.
Growing as Makers Build Your Consulting Skills as a Junior Developer For the past few months, I've gone on a journey to build my consulting skills. Here is what I've discovered along the way.
Growing as Makers Want to Level Up as a Consultant? Learn from Others My favorite part of watching other people doing consulting work is seeing what makes their style special. Observing this showed me a path to level up.
The Software Life 3 Reasons to Work at a Software Consultancy as a Software Engineer A software consultancy is a company that creates software for other companies. Let me give you three reasons to work at a software consultancy.