The issue isn’t plan—plans are fine, in and of themselves. The issue is people who can’t do anything without plans, whose knee-jerk, default response to any unknown is to compulsively “figure out a plan”...to get ‘certainty.’ News flash: there is no certainty.... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://medium.com/@krisgage/fuck-your-planning-2bff06019a5  read more >

Everyone remembers the 2002 movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It’s a hilarious story about the struggles of Toula (the daughter of a traditional Greek family) as she tries to fall in love and get married. There is one particular scene where Toula asks her father permission to go to college.... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-lead-when-you-have-no-authority-9f22206356d4  read more >

Getting new hires fully briefed and trained up can be a lengthy process. But by connecting various tools with Slack, you can run an effective and organized onboarding program that gives new employees immediate access to the tools and information they need to make a roaring head start. Here’s how.... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://www.fastcompany.com/90201350/how-to-use-slack-to-onboard-new-hires  read more >

My first contribution to Bootstrap was a tiny line of CSS. It was a no-brainer to merge, but the feeling of seeing that bit of code in the project’s codebase was unreal and addictive. You may think that open source is not for you. After all, it has always been a developer-dominant ecosystem.... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://alistapart.com/article/make-something-great-become-an-open-source-contributor  read more >

Imagine that eight people walk into a meeting to discuss an important strategic decision for their company. They’re all well-versed in the challenge they face. But two members of the group hold some key piece of information or a perspective that not everybody has considered.... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://work.qz.com/1260571/at-work-a-respectful-culture-is-better-than-a-nice-one/  read more >

Companies frequently suffer from problems on the inside more than from problems with the competition. And the most common reason internal issues typically arise is because of a lack of aligned execution.... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://www.fastcompany.com/40559422/this-common-conflict-resolution-tactic-is-a-sign-of-bad-management  read more >

Over the years I created my fair share of product strategies, roadmaps and project gantts. I don’t use them anymore. Here’s why:... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSD8Xfg9OrDAgE6Dyaewo7P3em_YRLbgrJZaOzbpnbPuT3fVebntehzQevMbKlRfHLWgSokFir20eTa/pub  read more >

Everyone wants to know how to succeed online. That's the big question.... Read full article at the publisher's site: https://hackernoon.com/9-reasons-nobody-pays-attention-to-your-content-you-need-to-hear-this-77bbcd01faa0  read more >

With iOS 11.3, Apple has silently added support for the basic set of new technologies behind the idea of “Progressive Web Apps” (PWAs). It’s time to see how they work, what are their abilities and challenges, and what do you need to know if you already have a published PWA.... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://medium.com/@firt/progressive-web-apps-on-ios-are-here-d00430dee3a7  read more >

Design tools today confine us to an unrealistic and ill-advised goal: one of perfection. Tools like Photoshop and Sketch are highly precise, and demand precise output from Designers.... Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://daneden.me/2017/11/15/the-burden-of-precision/  read more >