Scheduling a "weekly sync" to chat about non-work topics with your dev team? Bring an agenda item too! Developers prefer not to discuss random things when there's pressure to deliver features. Keep it light but structured—balance bonding and productivity!

My favorite productivity hack? Speech to text! From emails to Slack messages to capturing random thoughts, it’s revolutionized my daily workflow. Give it a try and watch your efficiency soar!

I'm always on the lookout for good behaviors from my teams to offer praise. Big or small, it doesn’t matter—I aim to praise in as many conversations as possible. It’s easy to point out the negatives, but genuine, authentic praise? It gets results and makes everyone feel great.

Thought leaders, your job isn't just to dish out generic advice. It's to help your followers decode and navigate their unique challenges. Blanket advice? Risky. Make the complex simple and the generic specific. Guide them through their journeys!

We need to slow down (strategy) to speed up (scale)

Sitting by the fire pit, I realized I’d become a millionaire without knowing it. I also realized that true happiness isn’t about the dollars; but about who’s in your life and the experiences you have. Sometimes, we reach our goals only to find out they weren’t what we needed.

Software development is like an iceberg — lots of visible issues, but even more lurking beneath the surface. Finding root causes may feel slow and painful, but the long-term gains far outweigh the quick fixes. Dig deeper, fix the foundation, and watch your team soar.

Tired of wrestling with complex software? Simplicity is the real MVP. Here's why: - Easier to use - Faster to implement - Fewer bugs - Happier users

The biggest issue in engineering orgs? Communication! Common pitfalls: - Misunderstood project goals - Misaligned schedules - Delayed feedback - Outdated docs - Cross-department miscommunication - Remote work struggles Bridge these gaps for better teamwork and productivity!

Don't solve for hypotheticals, solve for reality.

You know what software doesn’t scale? Complex names and functions Trendy architectures Bleeding edge platforms What does scale? Boring technologies Boring architecture Simple design

Estimates are really our best guess based on experience and current set of information. If we don’t feel like we have enough information to make a valid estimate, let’s say I need to find out this, this, and this to be able to give a better, more accurate estimate

MVP = Minimum Valuable Product What do customers need/want that is valuable to them?

Companies NEED strategy and clarity. Without it we're just productively procrastinating...

Submitted my first conference talk proposal for the season: The Vacation Rule: Operationalizing Freedom as a Fractional Leader As fractional leaders, it's important for us to balance the work impact and recovery. I plan to cover all of that in this session.

When your vendor reports that the reason they are down is because of Wi-Fi issues, you know it's time to start looking for a new vendor...

Building for the scale you hope to get someday, maybe, in the future, at some point, is delaying your ability to get in front of real, paying customers now. More infrastructure won't bring more sales. More sales will bring money to buy more infrastructure.

We lose sight of the problem because we're so focused on the solution.