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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

CIA produced a fantastic book during the peak of World War 2 called Simple Sabotage. It laid out various ways for infiltrators to ruin productivity of a company. You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Develop incredibly detailed “strategic” plans.

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26 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO

Load a smart read onto your phone or e-reader or crack the spine of a new book and delve into some thought leadership on everything from leading an amazing team to building a productive company culture to reaching for a better mindset for guiding your organization forward. This book offers valuable techniques and frameworks.

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5 UX design research mistakes you can stop making today

TechCrunch

Inadequate testing essentially means inadequate or sub-par user research that leads to poor UX design which, not surprisingly, usually ends in failure. Conduct UX research early and throughout product development. When considering any potential product or service, it’s best to get certain questions answered as soon as possible.

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Event marketing is a ‘team sport,’ and Vendelux is coaching companies to find the best ROI

TechCrunch

Two former Shutterstock execs, Alex Reynolds and Stefan Deeran, were working together monetizing APIs and computer vision, and having attended some of those bad events, thought there could be a better way to make decisions on what events should be at the top of the list and which company team members should go to maximize return on investment. “We

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Technology Trends for 2025

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Now the ball is in the application developers court: Where, when, and how will AI be integrated into the applications we build and use every day? And if AI replaces the developers, who will be left to do the integration? We arent concerned about AI taking away software developers jobs.

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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

Kent Beck concluded , Measure developer productivity? My favorite discussion of the topic is Robert Austins, who wrote Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations. He says a measurement based approach generates relatively weak improvements and significant distortion of incentives. How do I measure productivity?

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Three practices of successful product managers

Lead on Purpose

In most companies product managers have a lot of products and significant responsibilities. With all the meetings, floods of email, and requirements to manage, the thought of focusing on a product’s profitability can be illusive. Work with the sales team; understand how they sell your products.