Archive for the 'Management' Category

Delegate or fire
Monday, May 10th, 2010

You can’t lead a big company at a detailed level. You simply don’t have enough time to grasp all details. You are just human, and your brain cannot handle the complex lives of all people in your organization. But if you’re the CEO, you still have the responsibility for all of these people. “With great [...]

To become better salesmen
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

At a lunch recently, I talked with some architects/developers who were a bit concerned about a decision made by the managers and (powerpoint-)architects at their company. The company had decided to go with a middle-ware/database solution from a vendor which I will allow to remain anonymous (let’s just say it’s a very large company who [...]