Collaboration

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It’s here: Free Range Management, the book

It’s here: Free Range Management, the book

Create space so your team can thrive. You must create space for knowledge workers to do their best work. But how do you do that? Welcome to Free Range Management. Free Range Management can be summed up in two words: create space. The trick is doing that in a way...

How to overcome cognitive biases in your hiring process

How to overcome cognitive biases in your hiring process

The first step to overcoming biases is recognizing that they exist and that no one — no matter how educated and open-minded they are — is free of them. Biases can influence our decisions in numerous ways. If undetected, they can lead to suboptimal hires and, perhaps worse, unequal opportunities. Today, we...

How to assist your product marketing team as a software engineer

How to assist your product marketing team as a software engineer

Software engineering and marketing are often considered to be on completely opposite ends of the spectrum but when put together they can become a powerful team. This article lists some of the things you, as a software engineer, can do to help your product marketing team. Be observant Engineers have...

Why remote is the new workplace - 2022

Why remote is the new workplace - 2022

Since the pandemic began, we all have experienced the pleasures and pains of remote working. Fully remote jobs have become so increasingly popular with job seekers that some of them are even willing to pay for job boards that only allow fully remote job postings. However, some companies are still...

Facilitating my first event storm

Facilitating my first event storm

I’ve very recently passed a personal milestone in my career. I facilitated my first ever event storm. As with most things you haven’t done before, doing them the first time is a good opportunity to learn. In preparation, I was reading as much as I could on event...

The first days as a firefighting CTO — what to focus on when you are hired to lead a team in times of change

The first days as a firefighting CTO — what to focus on when you are hired to lead a team in times of change

At madewithlove, we join teams when things aren’t so stable. Maybe a key non-replaceable employee has left or a new investment is fueling growth. I join these companies as a CTO ad interim, someone to captain the ship through troubled waters. It’s hard at times since I’m...

Habits, retrospection, and ancient reptiles

Habits, retrospection, and ancient reptiles

I saw an interesting heuristic regarding habits recently but I couldn’t find the source anymore. Bear with me while I paraphrase a bit. If you want to build a habit, never skip it twice. Skipping your workout once is okay, we’re all human, we all have changing priorities...

The personal touch when onboarding an employee in a remote world

The personal touch when onboarding an employee in a remote world

These are strange times for everyone. Imagine starting out in a new remote job when all you’ve ever been used to is going to an office and seeing all your colleagues face-to-face every single day. A new job: exciting! Meeting all your colleagues only through a screen: scary? It...

Remote onboarding: How madewithlove onboards (remote) employees

Remote onboarding: How madewithlove onboards (remote) employees

Onboarding can be a stressful time for a company, doubly so for a remote company. At madewithlove, we focus on proper documentation so that new employees can self guide their onboarding. Here’s the schedule: Day 1 * Get acquainted with the team * Meet your assigned buddy (see below) * Read the...

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