The annual

October 25, 2020

The problem with a formal annual review is the formal and the annual part. Weird and uncomfortable as they can be, often overwhelmed with form filling and box ticking, it seems most... READ MORE

Both types

October 20, 2020

There’s what I’m working on and then there’s what we’re working on.  What I’m working on are the tasks. The code, the numbers, the documents, the conversations, the relationships, the actual... READ MORE

A bench

October 11, 2020

As soon as you get beyond the stage where you can do everything on your own, you put people around you. In the early days, it’s possible that what you need... READ MORE

The brief changed

September 29, 2020

Without anyone noticing, without any announcements grand or small, without it being acknowledged or talked about as a thing, the brief changed. We were doing one thing, we planned it this... READ MORE

Job four

September 25, 2020

If the first job is to build a team who know what they’re doing and are motivated to do it, the second job is to give them things to do. Not... READ MORE