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Relying Solely on Organizational Feedback Limits Our Growth
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Relying Solely on Organizational Feedback Limits Our Growth

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2 mn read When it comes to measuring our value contribution, it can be easy to rely solely on feedback from our organization. Our managers, supervisors, HR, people operations, and leadership teams often task themselves with evaluating our performance and determining our worth to the company. But is relying on organizational feedback alone enough to understand our impact […]

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Roy Nanku Roy Nanku
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Transforming Team Communications with Team APIs
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Transforming Team Communications with Team APIs

Posted in Technology & Innovation

5 mn read Team APIs: Transforming Communication to Enable Technical Delivery We often discuss the need to transform our sociotechnical architectures in business and government – but what does that mean? We can improve how our organizations deliver software by creating structures and applying similar architectural design patterns to the systems and teams dedicated to building and maintaining […]

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Mike Snyder Mike Snyder
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Neglect the Meatware at Your Own Peril

Posted in Technology & Innovation

7 mn read It’s the people, stupid! We have serious problems today with delivering modern digital capabilities. Modern systems architectures cannot be delivered and operated by traditional organizations. Conway’s Law is an ever-present and undeniable force. Against this reality, most organizational architectures do not align with the loosely-coupled software architecture design vision. This is the most overlooked aspect […]

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Mike Snyder Mike Snyder
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5 Productivity and Life Lessons from Learning How to BBQ

Posted in Productivity

4 mn read I’m a novice with slow-cooking meats over wood or charcoal smoke, but I am learning more and more every time I try. As an adult, there are only a few things in my life after the military where I get tangible outcomes from my work. This is just a dynamic of our digitized, modern, disconnected […]

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Mike Snyder Mike Snyder
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How to introduce Scrum into your Organization

Posted in Leadership

3 mn read If you’ve ever spoken to me you know that I’ve been a huge fan of the agile/scrum methodology. It has been a lifesaver for me and I bring it into every team that I join. Though you hear great things about how it can increase productivity and save time, there are still some haters that […]

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Bala Selvam Bala Selvam
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Courage is Essential To Reform

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3 mn read Having individuals in your organization that is willing to go against the grain and be a maverick is essential for making a difference. Because courage is essential to reform. It happens all the time when an innovative company gets big enough they start to develop bureaucracies and stop innovating. Which is where your courageous employees […]

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How to Start a Consulting Business

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3 mn read I wanted to write this article because I recently found myself as a consultant to numerous industry and DoD organizations. Being excited, I jumped right on it. But then quickly realized that I don’t know how to start a consulting business. Though I’ve owned a company I’ve never been a consultant and definitely didn’t understand […]

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Creative vs Smart

Posted in Leadership

3 mn read Every organization has both smart and creative people. Most people confuse them for being one of the same. But trust me they are vastly different. Understanding how to use them in the workplace is the key. Because having too many creative people can be a little too much chaos for an organization. While having too […]

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Implementing Napoleon’s Corporal in the Workplace

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2 mn read I was implementing a leadership technique called Napoleon’s Corporal for years without knowing it. Last week at a conference, I learned about Napolean’s Corporal. But the surprise was that I had been using it in the workplace for years. A little history about Napoleon’s corporal. Napoleon is one of the most brilliant military strategists to […]

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Mohawk Matt Denny Mohawk Matt Denny
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3 Ways to Make you Valuable at Work

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2 mn read There is a very specific formula to having a very successful career. Most people want to have that great work/life balance but think that means working less and playing more. But that’s not necessarily true. Sometimes it’s about things like time management, who you know, and understanding different perspectives on your role. Most people just […]

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