Archive for the "Responsibility" category

Remember to Say Thank You

When you ask someone a favor, and they comply. Say thank you for gosh sakes.
Does This Ever Happen To You?
There’s a good chance I’m wrong. I hope I am. He could be offline for days (sick? injured? hiking in the outback?), or maybe my email did not get through to him, or his grateful response [...]

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Presentation slides for Software Crastmanship NA

Download the slides for the presentation I made to SCNA. Thanks

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Leadership, Freedom, and Responsibility at Netflix

This is an excellent slide deck presentation from Netflix about how they they influence their culture. Take 5 minutes and cruise through the slides. It is meant to be read through, not presented, so you should enjoy it.
Here is what struck me about Netflicks

Kudos to Netflix for asking “Why?” about traditional HR practices like vacation [...]

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Blog problems fixed

I apologize for the long lists of posts sent to subscribers of this blog today and yesterday. We’ve had server and data-base problems causing the blog to be alternately off- and on-line the last few days. We believe it is fixed now.

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Infant Swim Lessons – A Must Hear Interview

Press Release
WEBWIRE – Saturday, April 25, 2009
Infant swim lessons with Dr. Harvey Barnett prevent infant drowning at the start of the 2009 pool season. That’s the subject as Dr. Harvey Barnett, founder of Infant Swimming Resource, will be Dr. Christopher Avery’s special guest on the next segment of “Beyond Obligation” Barnett has invested 43 years [...]

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