The One Minute Manager takes about 20 minutes to read through. And I can save you 19 minutes by summarizing the three things that the managerial protagonist in the book learns from the One Minute Manager (OMM): * Set goals * Give positive feedback * Give constructive feedback The one-minute gimmick aside, this is good advice on management...
Programming language debates are the religious wars of software development. Much like the xkcd comic on the futility of standardization, attempts to unify or consolidate our existing landscape of languages – and libraries and frameworks – usually...
Pixar has the reputation of being a pretty amazing company. Even back in 2002-2003 – when there were “only” a handful of blockbusters to the Pixar name – they were already a legendary firm on the Berkeley...
I enjoyed The Alliance. It’s Reid Hoffman’s second book on work and career management, with insights and many actionable points of advice to deal with our current job environment of shorter job stints...
I threw this out on Twitter: @StartupLJackson If a manager can get 2x out of a team of 10, that’s 10x right there. — Allen Cheung (@allenmhc) May 12, 2015 Despite how it sounds, I wasn’t being flippant, but it is a succinct way to think about management, particularly how managers impact their teams...
The NBA Playoffs are happening right now, and as of this writing the teams are about to start the second round of the tournament. This year, the meta story has been how NBA players have...
