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I got fired once
I got fired from one of the companies in the past. That became a funny story to tell during job interviews and parties. I think... company owners who…
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10 Saboteurs of Positive Intelligence
My friend sent me a link to a test built around the Positive Intelligence book by Shirzad Chamine.
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Journey to High-Performing Team
When referring to building teams, we often mention Tuckman's stages of group development: forming–storming–norming–performing. That helps understand the…
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Wanting, and how to read a book
A few days ago, Tomek Karwatka, my boss from one of the previous companies and simply a great person - recommended a book on Twitter.
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Agenda of "hello meetings" when joining a new company/team
When I join a new company or a team, I meet with everyone for a short 1:1 hello meeting. The agenda of each meeting is as follows: Story about Rafal…
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The best UML. Sequence diagram.
While many UMLs are overkill.
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Burnout and work engagement
Some time ago, I read a blog post saying that burnout is the opposite of work engagement. That made me think - if we want to fight burnout, we need to…
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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…
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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…
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Workflow around the Tech Debt epic
When delivering a new feature, planning/scoping it in technical tasks is bad. When it comes to tech debt… There is a trendy concept of having a Tech…
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Shape Up, Composing the teams
It is one of the articles in the Shape Up series. For Table of Contents go to: How to make Shape Up successful? In many of Basecamp's writings, they…
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What makes a project "Big"?
I got rejected multiple times on job interviews for valid reasons. Sometimes that was about me lacking specific hard skills, concrete experience in some…
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