The absence of something bad can be just as valuable to your company as the presence of something good. The trick is, it’s hard to
The absence of something bad can be just as valuable to your company as the presence of something good. The trick is, it’s hard to
The value mantras of Atomic Object arose from a common understanding that lived in our collective heads and daily interactions. For example, it was during
I believe culture has many components, but one of the most important is what a company and its employees value. When we talk about our
The strategy I used to create Atomic Object, and which we continue to employ, is to try many things, stick with what works, and abandon
Might compensation games be distorting the entire US economy? I wrote last week about my belief that using money to motivate people was a bad
Compensation systems are small-scale wicked problems: They operate on groups of people, it’s difficult to run independent trials, the system changes with everything you do,
Great Not Big is about what I’ve learned from building and running a software development company. It’s taken me a long time to clearly understand
Anxiously seeking work/life balance? Give up. You’re bound to fail. You’re bound to fail because you’re framing the problem the wrong way. The phrase itself
“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Winston Churchill Opening a new office in Detroit has me thinking about space a lot
Atomic Object is opening a second office. That’s a big deal for Atomic, as it’s our first expansion beyond Grand Rapids, and a big deal