John Graham
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...
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John Graham
- Feb 15
- 12 min
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,...
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John Graham
- Nov 8, 2022
- 7 min
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...
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John Graham
- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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John Graham
- Sep 16, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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John Graham
- Aug 29, 2022
- 7 min
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...
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Ashley Graham
- Aug 17, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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John Graham
- Aug 15, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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John Graham
- Jul 27, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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John Graham
- Jul 13, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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Ashley Graham
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
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,...
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John Graham
- Jul 6, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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John Graham
- Jun 29, 2022
- 7 min
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...
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John Graham
- Jun 23, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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Ashley Graham
- Jun 15, 2022
- 20 min
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...
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John Graham
- Jun 14, 2022
- 7 min
Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Introduction to Outlining
That's what you've written down. That's the first step of your journaling process. You're trying out our "journaling" and "drafting"...
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John Graham
- May 19, 2022
- 5 min
Why Should your Manager Pay for Coaching
Many managers and senior technical leaders want coaching. They’re just afraid they can’t get it. It seems like a luxury and an...
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Ashley Graham
- May 4, 2022
- 18 min
Somehow [We] Manage: Episode 1 - Not My Job
Subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen--on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or RSS! Ashley Graham...
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John Graham
- May 3, 2022
- 6 min
Is Remote Work Less Innovative?
CNN recently ran an article saying that remote working tools like Zoom “crush the creative process.” Indeed, it quotes a researcher who...
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John Graham
- Apr 29, 2022
- 21 min
Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Journaling
Last week, we talked about the "Drafting" technique. Using a drafted essay or paper as an example, we talked about tools and techniques...
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