Building Teams: A Series

Approaches to leading and serving a team.


Dungeons & Developers

How to simulate tricky conversations. • December 2022 • 4 min read

You Should Propose More Things

A habit for getting decisions made. • November 2022 • 4 min read

A Password Autofill Surprise

On psychological safety. • September 2022 • 4 min read

How to Go Over Budget

On working within an estimate. • August 2022 • 6 min read

Beyond Optimism

On a mindset for doing hard things. • January 2022 • 4 min read

Fight for Outside Perspective

The case of too many team meetings. • October 2021 • 5 min read

The Teams You Worked on May Have Sucked

On who we compare ourselves to. • June 2021 • 2 min read

Don't Drink the Cream

Social etiquette proves hard to navigate. • February 2020 • 3 min read

Leadership Mode Activate

On taking the controls of a powerful team. • November 2018 • 4 min read

People You Want to Work With

We assemble a team. • May 2017 • 4 min read

Feedback Mountain

I get religion about 1:1s. • February 2017 • 5 min read

Working Title

A junior developer wants to rule the world. • September 2015 • 6 min read

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