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How to Swarm: Adapting to Skill Gaps and New Technologies
(This post uses AI to get ideas out of John's head from notes he's taken.) Swarming is when one or more people tackle the same task in a...
John Graham
Jan 284 min read
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Will AI Phase Out Software Developement Roles?
John recently sat down with Daniel Litwin at MarketScale to talk about AI. AI won't change programming in the way you think... Check it...
John Graham
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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ChatGPT is not a Strategy!
Our latest podcast talks about the promise and pitfalls of generative AI - often referred to using OpenAI's ChatGPT offering. Is it going...
John Graham
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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New Podcast Episode! What do Managers do?
Whew! It's been a minute since our last episode. Business has been... busy... But in our first episode of season two, we're tackling...
John Graham
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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Guest Post: How Elon Musk Destroyed A Colossal Pile Of Cash In Six Months - Culture Clash
Was the Twitter purchase by Elon Musk a good idea? I think we've waited long enough that we can start to render some judgment. How can we...
John Graham
Mar 30, 20231 min read
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Guest Post: How to Build Trust as a Leader
We recently wrote for Engaged Agility detailing how to use our Big OH model of culture to help build trust (and effectiveness) as a...
John Graham
Mar 7, 20231 min read
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How to Win Productivity Quickly at Work: Here's Guildmaster's Engineering Manager Job Description
What Exactly Is A Manager? Many people equate managers with leaders. Management and leadership are two completely different skill sets,...
John Graham
Feb 15, 202312 min read
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There Won't Be a Tech Recession Next Year. Stop Worrying, You're Safe.
I saw this tweet today from the Pragmatic Engineer, Gergely Orosz, saying he saw a tech recession playing out. The tweet, of course, is...
John Graham
Nov 8, 20227 min read
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Why A Vacation Won’t Save You From Burnout
Writing this week is Ariel Simpson. She is an independent executive coach who specializes in change management, trust-building, and Agile...
John Graham
Oct 19, 20224 min read
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Organizing Confluence Pages: How to Conquer Your Mess with Tags
(See parts one and two in this series!) Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Tags Tags aren’t… dangerous per se. But they often appear...
John Graham
Sep 16, 20228 min read
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How to Organize Confluence: Johnny Decimal and Maps of Content
In our last post , we discussed why most shops poorly organize documentation. To sum up, we live in a world where search “just works” in...
John Graham
Aug 29, 20228 min read
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Episode 8: "Big Manager is Watching"
Subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen--on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or RSS! We're back...
Ashley Graham
Aug 17, 20221 min read
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How to Organize Confluence: Why Your Documentation Sucks
Executive Summary Your docs don’t work. They are one of the few tools to make your team more productive; if anything, they often slow...
John Graham
Aug 15, 20228 min read
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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Getting Better
In our last section on outlining, we left off with this question: beyond deliberate practice, what else could we do to become better...
John Graham
Jul 27, 20228 min read
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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Drafting
Last week we showed how outlining can lead to breakthroughs in research. Basically, it’s a philosophical tool: a way to drill down on...
John Graham
Jul 13, 20228 min read
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Episode 7 - "It's Still Good!"
Subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen--on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or RSS! Last episode,...
Ashley Graham
Jul 8, 20221 min read
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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Research
In our last post, we were trying to decide whether we misunderstood something about our plan to trade a stock based on the RSI. We needed...
John Graham
Jul 6, 20226 min read
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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Contract Programming
Last post, we went over how outlining can drive design decisions you didn’t know you had. It can also work its way into the ongoing...
John Graham
Jun 29, 20227 min read
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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining, Types, and Design
When we last met on Outlining, we ran into an issue: should our functions take strings or stock objects? Pushing forward good design...
John Graham
Jun 23, 20228 min read
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Somehow We Manage: Episode 6 - Totally Toxic
Subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen--on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or RSS! Resources and...
Ashley Graham
Jun 15, 202220 min read
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