You should fear competition more than you fear your competitors
The situation An obsession with competitors Most startups obsess over their competitors. They watch every move, rush to copy every initiative or feature, analyze their marketing, check whether they’re being outsold, and keep an eye on others’ funding rounds.
Read more…Can accountability exist without authority?
The ubiquitous way of structuring companies is by nesting areas of responsibility. You introduce well-defined areas and problems, and assign them to people, so that each area or concern has exactly one person responsible for it.
Read more…The 3M Rule of management
Metrics and indicators are amazing when used appropriately. But problems arise when people either: Use metrics as targets. I wrote a post about this, so I’m not going to explain why this is the case again.
Read more…Make the change easy, then make the easy change
“Make the change easy, then make the easy change”. Didn’t Kent Beck say that? He did, didn’t he? So why are we talking about this (again)? I just want to clarify a few things about this very good piece of advice.
Read more…It's time to put REST to rest
REST is still going strong these days, with many companies structuring their HTTP API based on its principles. And yet, I think that REST is a fundamental mistake, that it caused a lot of damage and pain, and that people should just stop creating RESTful HTTP APIs.
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