A few weeks ago, we (myself & my two friends - Tomek & Wojtek, as a part of a community called CTO Morning Coffee) hosted an online X Spaces session on Domain-Driven Design (DDD). To be clear, this wasn't supposed to be an intro session; quite the contrary....
Many people who've never seen high-performing teams in action (I mean genuinely high-performing, not just the ones who self-claim they are ...), assume that all that you need to form such a team is: * assign them a mission (they could identify with) * grant them a sufficient level of autonomy...
I've used many personality assessment methods & tools in the past. Gallup SF, Transactional Analysis, OCEAN - that sort of stuff (& more). I'm not a professional behavioral psychologist (of course), but I thought nothing would surprise me regarding the qualification of personality types. Yet, I&...
It's one of the lessons I've learned the hard way: there's no other resource valuable more than your own time. Why so? * it's hard-capped * it's not transferable (my time isn't directly exchangeable with your time, at least in...
I bet that nearly everyone in the software-crafting industry has heard about YAGNI [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it] ("You Ain't Gonna Need It") principle. But what about TAGRI? TAGRI (which is nearly as old as YAGNI) stands for "They...
> I was chosen by Heaven. Say my name when you pray. To the sky! See Carolus rise. > (...) > No man alive or dead commands me, I answer to the Lord! Hear my orders, question me and die. What I say was set in Heaven, and so it shall...
DevDay 2015 is history now. If you don't know what DevDay [http://www.devday.pl/] is, check my summaries for prev years' editions (2014 [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/why-abbdevday-2014-didnt-rock-my-world/] or 2013 [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/abb-devday-2013-the-aftermath/]) or google for someone else's review of this year&...
Core values. Mission statement. Vision statement. Organizational DNA. I was always very skeptical in terms of the actual meaning of those. Is it really possible to cover the essence of company's culture in such a short form without being over-generic or inaccurate? And do people really need such...
I've been thinking about the idea of Continuous Improvement [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continual_improvement_process] a lot recently. By empirical observation, I wanted to learn: * what makes it happen (triggers it) * what impedes / suppresses / prevents it from happening * what's the recipe (proper set of...
Being a lucky git, I've grown up (techwise, in terms of professional career) in very good teams, surrounded by decent team mates & coached by awesome leaders. I didn't discover that today, I've already written at least one post about that some day ago....
Two days ago, this has made my day: > Went into a meeting with a fortune 500 C-level team and OH: “the goal here is to minimize details and maximize understanding.” Mmmkay. — Mitchell Hashimoto (@mitchellh) August 28, 2015 [https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/637085598147174400] Poor Mitchell. "ESB. It'...
