Month: February 2017
Secrets of Team Building and Creating Unrivaled Culture
“Work Rules!” by Lazlo Bock is a must read book for anyone trying to build a team while maintaining a magnetic company culture. Very often, I will look towards successful software companies to establish a pattern of practices that I can follow in my daily business. This book offers a unique insider’s account of how Google built its now iconic culture. Lazlo, who was the Vice President of People Operations until 2016, gives detailed accounts of how they managed to maintain a fair and fun working environment while also dramatically increasing their employee headcount. From hiring strategies to retention strategies, this
Implement Agile Effectively!
Don’t have process for the sake of process! Make your process work for you! Agile methodologies have been around for quite a while. Even after all these years, armed with multiple past experiences, it can still be difficult to transition a development group to use proper agile practices. Whether you are interested in making your current agile practices better, or you are starting to implement them from scratch, here are a couple suggestions that will make your life simpler. First and most importantly, make sure the agile process you define works for you. If the process that you try to