The departure email Kelly Thomas sent when leaving his Chief Product Officer role at JDA Software was not the typical exec fluff. He left on the heels of the company crossing the $1 billion mark in revenue. Some of that goldmine ended up in his email as nuggets of career and business wisdom.
Continue reading Business Wisdom from a $1B Chief Product Officer
I know some of my friends and family like the Confederate flag, the “rebel flag”. You see it as a symbol of independence and rebellion, or a stand against tyranny, or pride in your homeland or history no matter how dark. You don’t think of it as a symbol of racism (despite that over half of Americans think that).
Well, that disagreement ended this weekend in Charlottesville, VA. Anyone who sees that flag will soon see it as nothing but an extension of the swastika.
Continue reading The Rebel Flag: Another Symbol Stolen by Nazis
Good people sat and hedged too long. Americans were given an ultimatum by the alt-right in Charlottesville this weekend — our politicians must shout explicit condemnation for white nationalists and white separatists. Silence is now support. We’re out of time.
How do you manage technical debt that isn’t technical?
How do you explain to managers and MBAs how certain choices affect software in terms they can understand?
How do you keep track of shortcuts in features, functionality, and UX? And explain how they cost more to correct the longer they’re missing?
With a new twist on an old metaphor, that’s how.
Continue reading Introducing the Feature Debt Metaphor
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