Mike Crittenden

My son Charlie has a big psychology test coming up, with a ton of stuff to study.

Saving this quote from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: An organization’s culture is made up of its folklore (the stories that people frequently tell that indicate what is most important), its rituals (such as how new employees are welcomed into the c…

To break of the monotony of a home office, I work from a Panera (coffee shop and restaurant) most days and take advantage of the Unlimited Sip Club.

Lightning demos (as I define them) have two traits: They last less than 30 seconds They take less than 10 minutes to prepare or record If you’re an engineer building a thing, I suggest recording a couple per week and posting them somewhere visible, becaus…

Last week I shipped the Kanban board I’ve always wanted for retros and other structured discussions: https://www.kanbanish.com/ Features I wanted and couldn’t find all together on any other apps: No signups required Anyone can edit anything Comments, voti…

If something gives you a hit of dopamine, and you didn’t have to work for it, then that’s a smell you should investigate.

The classic post “Numbers to know for managing software teams” says: 4 – the number of minutes to spend on chit chat in the beginning of a meeting So what should be talked about during those four minutes?

Also see: Round 1: Values: pick 2 Round 2: My core values, round two It’s been a while since I’ve done any serious thinking about myself.

I’ve rambled a good bit about whether I’m an introvert or an extrovert.

I’m finally reading the classic “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff…And It’s All Small Stuff” by Richard Carlson just because it was there, and this section stood out to me: Let go of the idea that gentle, relaxed people can’t be superachievers One of the major…