Culture Distributed Work: Do the best work of your career I'm working this week from the side of a volcano in Arenal, Costa Rica, as an experiment to push the boundaries of distributed work. I'll be working from various spots in Costa Rica for several weeks. This is the future of work, and here's why: Being able to work productively
founders Tech CEOs: Become a DEIB Accomplice, Not Just an Ally The term "DEIB" (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) has become a hot phrase in Silicon Valley, as companies strive to create a workforce that's a better reflection of our communities. However, I find that Diversity and Inclusion tend to get lumped together as one thing, when in fact they're quite
founders Creating an Open Source Culture Armory is commercializing the open source project Spinnaker, making it a "COSS" company. As Joseph Jacks puts it: COSS companies are fundamentally different from all other kinds of companies. Why? They create value differently. They capture value differently. COSS companies fundamentally do not exist without their core OSS projects _also_
founders Counteracting the HiPPO problem with a Roundabout culture. There's a really interesting comment thread happening over in Hacker News right now, about a decision Gitlab made (and then reversed) to require users to accept telemetry in their offering without any option to turn it off. One commenter referred to the issue as being caused by "the HiPPO problem,
B2B Execs and Managers: An Engineer's perspective on Roundabout Culture Last night, I was in a Lyft with Brandon, one of Armory's engineers. For the past few months, Armory has had a very strong focus on creating a "Roundabout" vs. "Stoplight" culture. I asked him how that transition has felt for him. As he was talking, I asked him if
