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Feedback or Pats on the Back?

Posted on August 31, 2022November 4, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

How to know your teams will be OK? Learn about their internal feedback mechanism.

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Don’t Burn the Committees…

Posted on July 20, 2022November 14, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Aren’t you 100% happy with what your organisation gives you? Well, take what is good there and create something that suits you better.

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UX Fail – the Apple Way

Posted on June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Some changes aren’t for better. Like this MacOS redesign of the bluetooth menu.

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The Only Valuable Non-Technical Interview I Ever Had

Posted on August 2, 2021August 6, 2021 by Tomek Kaczanowski

When hiring a developer you test their skills by giving them some coding challenge. But what if you hire a manager, scrum master or product owner then… ?

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If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say…

Posted on July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Being a manager means you can no longer turn a blind eye to some behaviours. Which is one of many reasons that management is hard.

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Social Media & News Detox

Posted on January 21, 2021November 11, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Browsing social media brings anxiety and sadness – so why do it at all? I try to strictly limit my online presence both on social media and news sites.

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Dream a Little Dream of… 2021

Posted on January 2, 2021November 2, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Visualize your dreams (big and small) together with your family. Fun guaranteed, but more than fun only.

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Publish Feedback To All Participants

Posted on September 26, 2020November 1, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

After receiving feedback from participants share it with them. Yes, everything they reported. There are numerous benefits to this.

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Feedback Sandwich Is Pure Evil!

Posted on September 6, 2020November 4, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Don’t use feedback sandwich! It doesn’t work and will do more harm than good. There are much better approaches to giving feedback.

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Podcast – Leadership

Posted on May 1, 2020October 27, 2022 by Tomek Kaczanowski

Recording of an interview by Anita Przybył. We discussed the broad topic of leadership in software development.

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