All-Stars and Jedis
Your all-stars may be right under your nose, in or around your organization already, waiting to be discovered. Most we’ve encountered are. In Star Wars before Rey was Rey or Luke was Luke, they were both kicking around dusty planets bullseyeing womprats. Someone had to spot something special in them and hand ‘em a lightsaber.
Clear the Haters
You're the leader. You want an organization that can compete in an ever-more demanding landscape. That functions a little bit better every day than it did the day before. Let reason win the day, and clear the path for the people on your team who are fighting for a better tomorrow.
The Improver Personality
It used to be that some lucky companies would just happen to hire someone who happened to have the gumption to say, “This could be better, folks.” But can you imagine a better investment than someone who is wired to constantly improve the way everything in your organization works?
You're Hiring for the Wrong Thing
A common mistake organizations make is hiring developers. This is technology, right? That must mean we need developers. Well not really, no….
What You're Getting for an Hourly Rate
We consistently advocate for outsourcing software development. Sometimes we’ll get pushback based on the cost of retaining external developers, especially when there are enough relatively extensive development needs that the organization is receiving costly developer invoices on a regular basis. But there are several reasons the outsourcing arrangement makes more sense than hiring internally…