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Viable is important

“Minimum Viable Product”, or MVP, is a phrase that has become common place. It gained fame through the Lean Startup book and the work of Eric Ries.


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The best and worst

I have been to see two musicals in London in the last few months - one was the best and one was the worst I have ever seen.


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Cut to gain

In 2018, Andrew Barnes’ company, Perpetual Guardians, permanently introduced a four day week (FDW). The staff would get 100% pay but work 80% of the time as long as they hit 100% of their productivity goals.


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Do your best

My daughter finishes her A Level exams today. Let’s just say she can’t wait to get them over and done with. She has worked incredibly hard over the last month or so; in fact over the last two years.


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School work experience

In most UK schools we have the concept of work experience.


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Bad estimation

Estimation is a very difficult task - depending on what is being estimated.


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Delete your meetings

Could you be bold enough to delete all the meetings in your calendar?


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Start of the Ashes

I watched a day, well some of a day, of Ashes cricket between England and Australia in 1989.


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Thank a teacher

Teachers can make a huge difference - in both a positive and a negative way.


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Be surprised

When I am developing software I build an internal mental model of how I expect things to work. As I learn more I tweak that model - or if it is not working as I expect then I tweak the code to match the model I have. Over time that model grows and evolves.


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