communication
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How to Survive a Bad BossIt can be miserable to have a boss who takes all the credit, treats employees harshly, micromanages, abruptly changes priorities, or never provides direction. Naomi Karten shares some tips for surviving a bad boss. Remember that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. | 
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How Agile Is Akin to Improvisational TheaterKent McDonald explores the idea that using an agile methodology is akin to improvisational theater. Like every metaphor for agile, improv theater does fail in some points, but it can be helpful when viewed from the perspective of collaboration. | 
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Why It's OK to Occasionally Say "Um" or "Uh"Filler words are a natural part of human speech. In informal conversation, people tend not to even notice them as long as they’re not excessive. Naomi Karten explains how the occasional "um" and "uh" are natural, human, and part of everyday life. |
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Tips for Scaling Agile DevelopmentIt used to be normal to hear that agile projects should be small in both time frame and team size. Now, it seems conventional wisdom dictates that we should be scaling agile. But how do you go about doing this? Mukesh Chaudhary lists some useful tips to scale efficiently. | 
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How Executives and Developers Can Communicate Better Top-level executives often have a hard time communicating what they want from their development team. But there’s a way the two groups can work as one. |
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Eight Flubs and Flaws to Avoid When Presenting a Web SeminarSo many web seminars, so little time. Yet as relevant and high content as many web seminars are, some are more professionally presented than others. If you present web seminars, or hope to some day, here are eight annoying flubs and flaws—and how to avoid them. |
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How Your Brain Tricks YouMuch as we might resist the notion, we’re not as aware of what’s going on around us as we may think. And as far as our brains are concerned, that’s just the way it ought to be. Naomi Karten explains how our brains play tricks on us. |
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Is Your Team Too Large?What’s the right size for a team? The answer would be simple if there were an optimal size, but there’s not. If you’re going to get the size wrong, better to make the team too small than too large. |
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