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2019 was the first full year for Flashover.

The term agile gets used so much that to non-developers it might seem like jargon devoid of any meaning.

The Power of TED helps you leave the drama triangle and enter the empowerment dynamic.

As spec gets more detailed, the likelihood of true and false problems increase.

Product/market fit is a tool to guide thinking and prioritize work inside your team.

Cone of Uncertainty is used to describe how the uncertainty of estimates decrease as a project evolves.

When WIP goes up, due date performance goes down.

It takes effort to say no to non-critical features when we are building an MVP.

We all think content marketing is awesome but the we end up with neglected company blogs and content that doesn't seem to move anyone. Why?

Metaphors start to break down when stretched to their limits. You can also hinder your own thinking if you rely too much on metaphors.

Taking care of your to-dos can be as easy as making sure you have 1-2 hours of admin time marked in your weekly schedule.

There's at least two professions where repetition is an obvious part of the process: marketers and teachers. Without repetition, messages and ideas are rarely understood and adopted.

Build a habit of sharing positive feedback with a simple list

Ogilvy & Mather describe creative work in a way that communicates insight. They know how the world tries to suppress creativity and what it's actually like to try to grow as a creative community.

Since as an agency or a consultancy your employees are part of your offering, you can't really ignore employee performance whenever you're discussing things like growth and profitability.

If you struggle with bad documentation, don't ask how you can get your team to keep the docs more up-to-date. Instead, ask why isn't documentation already a priority for them.

We need to think twice before posting a refactoring ticket on our team's Kanban board.

Giving feedback is about asking the right questions—not about giving the right answers.