A frequent question I hear is "how do I know if people leadership is the right path for me?" Fortunately, there are many brilliant...

No matter who you are, time is the one resource you can never get more of. With the turn of the new year, I want to shout out to the...

Being a first-time Engineering Manager is exhausting; You’ve proven to be an accountable and responsible Lead who can deliver complex...

Book Description (source: Amazon): In the rapidly changing business landscape, harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion is...

Hello Tech Leaders! Greetings from Minneapolis! Us Minnesotans were fortunate to dodge the downpour of snow that hit many of our fellow...

This month's DF book club features Multipliers by Liz Wiseman. Description (source: The Wiseman Group): We’ve all had experience with two...

Hello fellow tech leaders! This month’s newsletter is brought to you by 40 oz of our favorite Seattle-based coffee sourced from London’s...

This month's DF book club features Give & Take by Adam Grant. Book description (Source: Amazon): Everybody knows that hard work, luck and...

We asked Michael Lopp (Keynote speaker at the inaugural Developer First conference) to share his thoughts on some commonly asked...

I have spent thousands of hours researching admirable (and horrible) leaders. It is amazing (and terrifying) to see the endless impacts a...

Over the past several years, I have been trying to define what 'success' looks like for the Scrum Master role. I have participated on...

I gave a talk at UberConfX last week. A couple minutes into the talk, a participant raised his hand to ask why I kept using the terms...

Are there any Black Friday or Cyber Monday shoppers out there?  I don't know about you, but the first released BF ad immediately...