The stories businesses tell affect their ability to succeed You’ve probably heard about the time JFK visited the NASA Space Center in 1962. While touring the facility, he stopped to greet a man who was sweeping the floors. Kennedy asked the man what he did there. The man replied, “Well, Mr. President, I’m helping put a [...]
Pam, a former client who is a leader in a large nonprofit here in Southern California, has a role that requires that she travel. A lot. She considers herself good at it. She may not quite be at the level of the George Clooney character in Up in the Air; still, her carry on suitcase is [...]
Businessman trapped under a dollar sign --- Image by © Beau Lark/Corbis "Technical debt," refers to the extra development work that is inevitable when code that is easy to implement in the short run is used instead of applying the best overall solution. Developers can predict that they will have to repay that debt — potentially with steep "interest"— at some point in [...]
