We make successful products for our clients by maintaining flexibility in our process, folding in what we discover and learn as we build. We make
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Embrace and resolve your fear, uncertainty, doubt and anger
It seems an inevitable part of the human condition that we hurt each others feelings, confuse our friends and colleagues, anger or worry people close
Sharing culture with new employees via a retreat with the founder
I recently spent 24 hours with four of our newest developers, all very recent grads. We ended up calling the time we spent together a
Silly names for important things – the power of naming abstract ideas
One of the things I’ve learned about helping people work well together in business is the power of naming your values, ideals, and expectations. Wielding
Sustainable pace is a smart long-term strategy
In the late 1990s, when Kent Beck included “40 hour work week” in the original 13 practices of Extreme Programming, it was in the context
Company culture maintenance: Adding a 6th Atomic value
I’m the founder of a company that I hope thrives well beyond my lifetime. Part of my job these days, fifteen years from our creation,
Gender diversity makes my company stronger
We’ve been working for several years to improve the gender balance at Atomic Object, largely because we held “Diversity is good” to be self-evident. But
Discrimination: When Being Good Isn’t Good Enough
Atomic Object joined the ACLU’s Michigan Competitive Workforce Coalition following a couple of eye-opening experiences I had in 2015. The MCWC is organized around the
A screwup avoided through a brush with mindfulness
I recently avoided a mistake I’ve made plenty of times in the past. The mistake I could easily have made was in how I reacted
Sick time follows a simple formula
I made an interesting discovery recently while spelunking in our time tracking system. The distribution of sick time, over all the people we’ve ever employed,