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7 Best Ways to Make One-On-One Meetings More Productive

September 18, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis Leave a Comment

What is a one-on-one meeting?

In most general terms, a one-on-one is a meeting between two people. In the corporate world, it is associated with a discussion where two people exchange candid feedback, share concerns and discuss how they can be more helpful to each other. It is also used to describe a meeting between a manager and one of his or her employees. The latter is the case I am going to discuss.

The one-on-one I am going to discuss is a meeting between a software engineer and his or … [Read more...] about 7 Best Ways to Make One-On-One Meetings More Productive

Filed Under: career Tagged With: advice, career, culture, leadership, meetings, people, work environment

15 Best Ways to Achieve Flow

August 9, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis 4 Comments

That Amazing Feeling

Imagine that you are immersed in a task, completely absorbed by the process of executing it. Your mind is one with what you are doing. Complexities of the task are clear and all aspects seem connected in well-understood ways. Your body appears to be floating and only exists to support your mind. You are only vaguely aware of a broad sense of aroused serenity. Hours pass by in minutes, and you are in full control of your thoughts and emotions.

What is Flow?

I am not … [Read more...] about 15 Best Ways to Achieve Flow

Filed Under: coding Tagged With: advice, behaviour, career, diversity, leadership, meetings, people, teams, work environment

Doodle Tuesday: Clock Face

June 13, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis Leave a Comment

Doodle I made during a technical meeting. … [Read more...] about Doodle Tuesday: Clock Face

Filed Under: doodle tuesday Tagged With: art, doodle, meetings

Doodle Tuesday: Presence

June 6, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis 2 Comments

This doodle is from 2013, and it was taken during an all day series of meetings. I titled it "Presence"; can you tell why? … [Read more...] about Doodle Tuesday: Presence

Filed Under: doodle tuesday Tagged With: art, doodle, meetings

The Economy of Software Development

June 5, 2017 by Lorenzo Pasqualis Leave a Comment

Meetings are unpopular
In development organizations, software engineers often question why they need to spend time in meetings and tracking their work. They label time spent not coding as "ritualistic overhead", "agile bureaucracy" and a waste of time. This point of view is natural, as developers learn to write code by themselves. To a developer writing code alone, any distraction is a waste of time. Phone calls, idle chats, bathroom breaks, or anything that is not writing code, interrupt the … [Read more...] about The Economy of Software Development

Filed Under: business Tagged With: advice, agile, finding talent, hiring, leadership, meetings

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