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The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak
A lot of surprising statements in this piece by the co-founder of Kayak: "When I am hiring, I try to get people to accept the job before I tell them about salary or title. I promise to make that person dramatically more productive, and that working for Kayak will be the most fun job he's ever had."
A Little Less Conversation
"And on every project, assign one person to make sure that communication happens -- but only the right communication. Otherwise the team will just start having long meetings with everyone there and, frankly, people will socialize, and bloviate, and speechify, and argue about things they don't really care about just to hear their own voices." One of the rules in Roberts Rules of Order is that everyone gets a chance to speak once, before anyone speaks twice. That might help as well.
Netflix: Culture
100+ slides that outline netflix's approach to business, hiring, rights and responsibilities, and so on. good!
Thomsett International Project Management and Business Analysis Education, Consulting
list of risk factors to consider, divided into: product/system risks, team risks, and environment/target risks.
Rands In Repose: The Pond
Working remotely--questions to ask: Do they have the personality? Do they have the right job? Does the culture support it? Do you have a remote friction detection and resolution policy?
assertTrue( ): Developers should not be allowed to work overtime
What motivates programmers? : Nick Halstead, What is this Tech?
“If you give a programmer a job that does not involve solving something they will become unhappy.”
Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation : HBS Working Knowledge