I’m a long time from leaving the company I started. There are problems to solve, things to learn, and new opportunities every day. Atomic Object
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Bringing your whole self to work
Do your employees bring their whole selves to work? Can they? Can you? If not, you’re in a lose-lose-lose situation. The first loss is the
Firing people: feelings, perspectives, and practical advice
This is a summary of what I’ve learned about firing people. I’ve had to do that difficult, unpleasant, but occasionally absolutely necessary task 12 times,
Succeeding with outside leadership hires
Many companies only promote from within for leadership positions. My own experience confirms the wisdom of this approach. Recently, we found ourselves taking a different
Expecting perfect understanding from your writing is a leadership pitfall
I write. They read. Some people are confused or upset. They complain. I’m frustrated. Live through this cycle a few times and it’s tempting to
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
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
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
Value from the absence of bad experience
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
Everybody likes acknowledgment, leaders too
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