The Muselet by Zef Hemel
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Wikipedia: Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development process relying on software requirements being converted to test cases before softwa…
Zef Hemel
Nov 29
Another nugget from No Rules Rules (yes, I will keep referring to it until you all read it): farming for dissent — figuring out systems to surface peop…
Zef Hemel
Nov 22
Last week I wrote a snarky comment, a comment I hear a lot: I could now argue you no longer have to read many of the business books written on these to…
Zef Hemel
Nov 15
Contrary to popular belief, achieving your goals is simple. Simple — I said — not easy. Here’s the universal recipe: Decide where you want to go, and h…
Zef Hemel
Nov 8
An email lands in your inbox: Since we have seen an increasing number of incidents recently where it is hard to automatically pinpoint the source and o…
Zef Hemel
Nov 1
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. These are essentially the first sentences in the first book on…
Zef Hemel
Oct 25
Praise in public, criticize in private. Take any feedback training, read almost any management book, this is the advice you’ll hear. It’s so wide-sprea…
Zef Hemel
Oct 18
“So, how was your vacation?” “It was pretty good. I actually managed to disconnect: not check Slack and work email during my vacation this time!” “Wow,…
Zef Hemel
Oct 11
“However, this is not a newsletter about random Netflix shows (yet).” — Me, a few weeks back Those were the days, huh? Then, I proceeded to discuss var…
Zef Hemel
Oct 4
This is a book about a radical idea. An idea that’s long been known to make rulers nervous. An idea denied by religions and ideologies, ignored by the …
Zef Hemel
Sep 27
I wanted to to tell you this last week as a reaction to your last piece, but it sounded like feedback, so I dropped it. It appears the result of my pub…
Zef Hemel
Sep 20
An exercise: ✏️ Stand in front of a group, and say something meaningful on a topic the audience cares about. No, no, that’s not all, here comes the har…
Zef Hemel
Sep 13
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