Intro to Scrum in Under 10 Minutes
Short video on Scrum because some managers have trouble understanding it.
Technical Project Manager
I get asked this question - What is the role of a Technical Project Manager This video does a good job explaining it.
Hololens and the future of Augmented Reality
I personally believe that Augmented Reality has a great future and Hololens has a great future for specialized applications but I don't see a mass appeal. Google Glass did not work out in a similar form factor. Augmented Reality future is on smart phones and the killer app would be for Tourism and language translations. [...]
Crucial Conversations
A short video on Crucial Conversations
Don’t be a jerk – Empathy is important
Empathy is the awareness of the feelings and emotions of other people. Recently, my daughter told me about the Platinum rule - “Treat others the way they would like to be treated.” Contrast this with the Golden rule - “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” The platinum rule is better [...]
Proof of Concept projects
Most of the time, your developers will be working on legacy code, some of which may be out of date and boring to work on. They will push for moving to the latest release of their favorite language and framework. Most managers make the mistake of shooting down the ideas because they feel it is [...]
The joys of engineering leadership
Found another old video on Engineering Management...
Engineer to Manager
If you promote an Engineer to a Manager, make sure you send them for Management training. Management is a different job compared to an Individual contributor. If you don't have money for training, point them to YouTube videos like this one.
What is machine learning?
Android Authority has a good video on a introduction to Machine Learning and how it is different from AI. More details here.
Building a great product – Start with an Empowered Product Owner
A Camel is a horse designed by a committee! One reason bigger companies fail to innovate is there is no ONE Empowered Product Owner (or product manager, program manager, etc.) that owns the entire product vision. Even if there is one person assigned responsible for the product, he/she is not empowered to make the final decision [...]