Five for Friday – May 28, 2021

Chris Mcmahon once (I think after reading this post) described me and my test role at MS as being like a “tenured professor” – that I have the freedom to choose what I do and choose how I go about it (as long as I show value). I enjoy this role, and think I’ve been…

I threw out a few trust-based tweets this week. I’m a big fan of #trust in the workplace – hire smart people, coach & guide them, but give them plenty of freedom to do the right things You don’t have to (and shouldn’t) involve everyone in decisions. But build trust by sharing why and how…

Early edition this week before I jump on a 10 hour flight home. An interesting article on the dark side of expertise Mot of you have heard of Google’s Testing on the Toilet initiative (one pagers on testing and engineering posted on stall doors). Now, here’s an academic paper on the topic For a decade…

I’m happy that my last post generated some discussion. I’m not sure about the rest of the blogosphere, but for some reason I seem to get half or more of the comments privately instead of through the blog comment system. Something I heard from a few people was this comment (anonymity retained). Why don’t you…

Another Friday, another week with cool things to share. I’m happily working through Steven Johnson’s newest book, Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most. I’m a massive Steven Johnson fan, and this book is stories and insights about decision making – but not quick decisions like in Blink (Gladwell) or Decisive (Heath…

Yes – it’s more of Brent and Alan yelling at each other. But this time, Brent says that he, “hates the Agile Manifesto”. I also talk about my trip to Florida, and we discuss estimation and planning and a bunch of other stuff. Subscribe to the ABTesting Podcast! Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes