The Best Teams Act Like Musicians

The Best Teams Act Like Musicians – 99U Switch Chairs (and Roles) Often “The aggregate personality is really crucial, and it’s something that you have to address with a group culture that is subtle and trusting enough that collective personality will naturally come into being,” Play Your Part “…worrying about the legitimacy of one’s contributions […]

24 People, No Managers: Buffer’s “Decision Maker” Experiment

24 People, No Managers: Buffer’s “Decision Maker” Experiment.

Sailing and Software Development – Interesting

http://youtu.be/utEUIiYBJn0?hd=1

Scrum Log Jeff Sutherland: Agile Planning – Fighter Pilot Meets Solo Sailor

Pair Programming Considered Extremely Beneficial

Nice blog post of Pair Programming….. Pair Programming Considered Extremely Beneficial Contributor Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:00:06 GMT

Choice Paralysis

Good talk from Sheena Iyengar, must see Takeaways on Choice Paralysis Remediation: Cut – Less is more. We need more options to be successful might not necessarily be true. Concretize – Make it vivid. More information might not help in choice. What might help if you can see concrete outcomes Categorization – More Categories, fewer choices. Category should mean […]

Go Small, Get Big– Interesting read on Small Teams, Big Innovations

I remember thinking at my first job that 10 people is all it takes to do great product. I was told you do not know enough yet, to grow big we need to scale teams and get more people so that we can deliver more value to customer. Fast forward 12 years, I am reiterating […]

Good Read – Five Common Strategy Mistakes

Interesting…. Five Common Strategy Mistakes Mistake #1. Confusing marketing with strategy. Mistake #2. Confusing competitive advantage with "what you’re good at." Mistake #3: Pursuing size above all else, because if you’re the biggest, you’ll be more profitable. Mistake #4. Thinking that "growth" or "reaching $1 billion in revenue" is a strategy. Mistake #5. Focusing on […]