Business The CEO of Canada Goose on Creating a Homegrown Luxury Brand (via Harvard Business Review) An interesting highlight piece of a company choosing quality, a well-trained workforce in their own country, and sticking to their principles even when it’s…
Remote – Part 1
The book Remote: Office Not Required has been on my reading list since August 2018. At the time of this writing, I manage two remote developers and Houston Miller has recently become a remote developer. Continuing our book club (with…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 36
Dates covered: September 2-8, 2019 (week 36 of 52) Business 6 Ways CEOs Can Prove They Care About More Than Shareholder Value (via Harvard Business Review) Address CEO pay and incentives relative to their company’s employees Make employees owners (i.e.,…
The Phoenix Project – Part 8
This post concludes the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 7 Here are my notes for the additional chapters after the main story… Brent was cast as a “sharer” instead of a…
Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom: Part 8
(Scroll all the way to the bottom of the post to skip to the YouTube video.) In the previous post I painted the fuselage. This post covers applying the decals. Description At this point the paint has sort of a…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 35
Dates covered: August 26-September 1, 2019 (week 35 of 52) Business What It Takes to Hire 10 Employees in San Francisco (via The Software Mentor) Silicon Valley can be its own microcosm of the tech landscape, and this article described…
The Phoenix Project – Part 7
This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 6 Here are my notes for chapters 31-35… The team is heading toward ten deployments each day, which the team initially finds…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 34
Dates covered: August 19-25, 2019 (week 34 of 52) Business 181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit (via Harvard Business Review) The tides may be turning on Milton Friedman’s era of “shareholder capitalism”. Modern CEOs are…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 33
Dates covered: August 12-18, 2019 (week 33 of 52) Business The One Thing You Need to Know About Managing Functions (via Harvard Business Review) Business units are often at odds with managing function (e.g., IT, HR, R&D, finance) and you’ll…
The Phoenix Project – Part 6
This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 5 Here are my notes for chapters 26-30… It’s important that the team — not just the IT department — owns things…