Great Not Big

On running a small, innovative company
  • Blog
  • Speaking
  • About

Great Not Big

On running a small, innovative company
  • Blog
  • Speaking
  • About
Finances,

How to Protect Your Firm’s Accounts Receivable

by Jonah BaileyJanuary 9, 2023
The Flourishing Triangle: Why Remote Work is Kryptonite for Positive Connections
Culture,

The Flourishing Triangle: Why Remote Work is Kryptonite for Positive Connections

by Shawn CrowleyJuly 25, 2022

Jane Dutton is a faculty member at the Ross School of Business and a co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations (CPO). I’ve been preparing

Pack Your Higher Purpose for the Long Haul
Culture,

Pack Your Higher Purpose for the Long Haul

by Shawn CrowleyJuly 6, 2022

In a previous post about resilience, I shared how living by a higher purpose can increase resilience and success in life. Living by a higher

About

Great Not Big is the brainchild of Carl Erickson, Founder of Atomic Object. It’s where we chronicle our management successes and failures, and share our ideas for creating a successful small company where people love to work.

Subscribe to Great Not Big

We'll email you every time we publish a new post.
Email:

Explore by Categories

Return To Office - A Time for Context-Based Leadership
Leadership,

Return To Office – A Time for Context-Based Leadership

by Shawn CrowleyMay 16, 2022

As Mike and I were leading Atomic’s return-to-office (RTO) efforts, we hit a point when we needed to make a fundamental decision on how we

Attention: Spending Your Most Valuable Currency
Leadership,

Attention: Spending Your Most Valuable Currency

by Carl EricksonFebruary 10, 2022

A friend recently pointed out that remote work hurts companies with strongly connected, supportive cultures, and helps companies with more dysfunctional cultures. A job with

Pack Your Higher Purpose for the Long Haul
Our Industry,

The Future of Work and the Workplace

by Jonah BaileyOctober 27, 2021

Rewind 571 days ago, we made the difficult decision to shut our offices and shift to remote work because of the coming COVID-19 pandemic. At

cash flow
Operations,

Using Day Sales Outstanding to Manage Working Capital

by John FisherSeptember 16, 2021

As a small software agency, we deal with a lot of cash flowing in and out of our business. Probably unsurprisingly, our largest operational expense

Building Custom Software to Gain Strategic Market Advantage
Strategy,

Building Custom Software to Gain Strategic Market Advantage

by Jonah BaileyAugust 26, 2021

I’m going to let you in on a secret of custom software product development. Most vendors either don’t give this subject much thought or they

Resilience Doesn’t Come From Being Resilient
Leadership,

Resilience Doesn’t Come From Being Resilient

by Shawn CrowleyAugust 11, 2021

Resilience is a strong predictor of success in life. I suspect most of us have been taking a backward approach to building it. This occurred

Slicing the Revenue Pie at Atomic
Finances,

Slicing the Revenue Pie in a Multi-Stakeholder Company

by Carl EricksonJuly 30, 2021

Atomic Object’s purpose makes it clear that we practice multi-stakeholder capitalism. We strive to be a source of fulfillment for all Atoms and a force

Commercial vs. Existential Purpose
Culture, Strategy,

Commercial versus Existential Purpose

by Carl EricksonJuly 19, 2021

Atomic Object designs and builds custom software products for clients in nearly all industries. That’s our commercial purpose, and, after 20 years, we’re quite good

Load More

Blog Speaking About Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2022 ATOMIC OBJECT. All Rights Reserved.