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September 8 - September 22, 2019
First we shape our buildings, then they shape us. —WINSTON CHURCHILL, 1943
Most workplaces zap energy because they are bland, prefabricated setups.
Creativity is further stifled by modern office furnishings that are not adaptable to changing needs.
What I have learned is that pairing is one of the most potent managerial tools I have ever discovered because of all the traditional problems it helps solve. Pairing fosters a learning system, builds relationships, eliminates towers of knowledge, simplifies onboarding of new people, and flushes out performance issues.
Our Lunch ’n Learns have also become community affairs. If someone outside the company catches wind of an interesting Lunch ’n Learn we are holding, we invite that person to attend. We share a glass wall with TechArb, the University of Michigan’s student start-up incubator, and students there know they are free to confer with us whenever they feel the need. If a Lunch ’n Learn comes up on a technical topic such as unit testing for iPhone apps and we know some of those student teams are working on iPhone apps, we’ll be sure to invite them. It’s a good way to expand the base of people who know
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Our mission, which we take very seriously, is to “end human suffering in the world as it relates to technology.”
A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. —LAO-TZU
If members of your team show a spark of inspiration or passion, support them. Feed their dream and encourage them as they pursue it. It’s the best way to support someone’s leadership development.
Do the simplest thing that can possibly work. —KENT BECK, Extreme Programming Explained
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. —BROOKS’S LAW
I’m pleased to report that Brooks’s Law can be broken.
Discontent is the first necessity of progress. THOMAS A. EDISON
