Brace for Impact

You have dealt with a lot of change. Many of us have been sheltering in place for over three weeks. If you are like me, you are getting cabin fever. You have figured out some of the bumps in working remotely with your team. If you have not been thinking of the impact on your business in the long-term it is time to brace yourself for the longer term impact.

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Small Steps

It’s been some time since I posted something new; and the longer it has been the harder it seems to get back into the groove. The perception of the task is that it gets bigger and bigger. So I’ve decided to try and get back in with small steps. This mindset also helps frame some of the overwhelming things going on right now. Small steps.

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Commitment

What tactics do you use as a technical leader to gain insight into the health of your organization? Your technology?

I find that one place I start with a software development team is the commit history. The best technical leaders I have worked want to see the work as it is committed to the project. The source code is the heart of what your team is creating. How it changes can tell you a lot about your team.

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