As an engineer you often have to do on-call – this means covering a release on a weekend, or working later during the week or… Read More »When the Weekend Isn’t Your Own

Firstly, let’s get two things straight: Secondly, you might have noticed that a whiteboard session doesn’t need to use an actual whiteboard anymore. You can… Read More »Refining the Big Scary Story

Sometimes you have to just sit back and quote something that’s important. Seth Godin nails it today like he’s nailed it countless times before: From… Read More »The Office: Dare to be Different

In Bullshit Jobs, American anthropologist David Graeber posits that the productivity benefits of automation have not led to a 15-hour workweek, as predicted by economist John Maynard Keynes in 1930,… Read More »Bullshit Jobs

The principle of having a process in place is all well and good until you actually need to use it. This week I got COVID,… Read More »What Happens When an Incident is Declared?

Developer relations, developer retention, developer worship. Despite talk of mental health challenges, long hours, pressure to deliver – the developer is still king or queen.… Read More »Cult of the Developer

This week, something remarkable happened. The English Test Cricket Team won a game against India that they really shouldn’t have won. They did it despite… Read More »Reimagining the High Performing Team

Core to my business is the way that leaders understand and apply technology. This takes three forms. Firstly, most importantly, is acknowledging that you already… Read More »Learning to Lead Through Technology