There are lots of books on culture – how to build it, how to create, what is valued within it, etc, etc. It’s impressive, a 7 letter word carries so much weight in our society today – the thing everyone wants, the thing everyone craves, the hardest to identify and the least successful when rubber hits the road. The books I really enjoy reading are those that focus on the author looking back at decisions…

And never will you. You will know a great deal, you will be a sponge, you will learn everything you can but you will always need someone to fill in the gaps for you.  Whether it is a customer explaining that final set of requirements that you never understood, or the junior developer that knows the 18 steps to configure and deploy that complicated hotfix or the Product Owner who has a better handle on…

If there is one rule for what you need to know before you enter the room for an Interview it is this – Know the company you are interviewing with That’s it, go to their website (you have a browser right), read their “About Us” section, read their latest blog posts, see if they are in the news, follow them on LinkedIn and Twitter. If I were to hazard a guess, that would probably take…

You know the saying about doing more with less to make something happen? It’s usually thrown out be the person being asked for something and they have nothing to give.  Or in the case where you need to dig deep, tap into that unused motivation and turn water into wine and MAKE IT HAPPEN! It’s close, but the statement is little off, really what it should read as is… Focus on Less to Accomplish More.…

Backlog an accumulation of something, especially uncompleted work or matters that need to be dealt with. We all have one, possibly in many forms; To do lists Task reminders Goals for the Day Weekly To Dos Ideas for the future Sticky notes or Online Cards At the end of the day it is your system for you manage all that you want to do but you invariably do not have time to finish in one…