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Fast Answers vs. Smart Answers
Do you want to sound smart or be smart? Fast answers rely on past knowledge, while slow answers create new thoughts. Take your time to think. It’s worth…
Jan 30 • 
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Interviewing Like Hosting a Podcast
Transforming job interviews into engaging podcast-style conversations. In this post, Rafal Makara shares how empathy, storytelling, and curiosity create…
Jan 24 • 
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Efficient over Fast
I recently listened to a podcast with Prof. Antoni Krzeski, a laryngological surgeon and former hospital head. He shared an interesting idea: he has…
Jan 10 • 
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I got fired once
Nov 7, 2022 • Rafal Makara
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Journey to High-Performing Team
Nov 3, 2022 • Rafal Makara
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Agenda of "hello meetings" when joining a new company/team
Nov 16, 2022 • Rafal Makara
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10 Saboteurs of Positive Intelligence
Sep 4, 2023 • Rafal Makara
Burnout and work engagement
Jan 25, 2023 • Rafal Makara
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Efficient over Fast
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How to implement DORA Metrics in 1 day?
In 2010, way before the State of DevOps and Accelerate were published, we were discussing the frequency of releases, failures, recoveries and the time…
Aug 28, 2024 • 
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CEO is a Job
When I worked as a Software Engineer, I thought C-Levels, VPs, Directors and Senior Managers were like gods.
Aug 1, 2024 • 
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How to write in Jira Dashboards?
Jira Dashboards might be powerful.
May 21, 2024 • 
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Dealing with injustice
Everyone knows Radical Candor by Kim Scott.
May 14, 2024 • 
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How to talk about Tech Debt work?
Some people say it is hard to convince product managers to work on tech debt.
May 8, 2024 • 
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The Five Tribal Stages
Many great books are no longer super popular today. One of them is Tribal Leadership (2011) by Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wright. It brings…
May 6, 2024 • 
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Yyyy, ammm and no
Many suffer from “yyyy” when speaking.
May 3, 2024 • 
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