This is Part 2 of a two-part blog series about a professional development course I took on Nonviolent Communication (NVC). If you haven’t already, check out Part 1, which discusses my personal NVC takeaways. Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a communication...
At Binary Noggin, we strive to offer a human-centric workplace where people are given what they need to be successful. This year Binary Noggin graciously invested in my well-being and growth by sponsoring my enrollment in an online course about feelings and needs...
Let’s face it: Writing complex code can be daunting and doing so alone can make the process even more cumbersome. Although working solo can feel productive, programmers and developers have found the agile practice of pair programming a fast and effective process for...
What is Kanban? A Kanban is a visual tool used by teams to organize the workflow of projects. The basic premise is to create a board for a project and sort the associated tasks into three columns: To do, work in progress (WIP), and done. Initially used by Toyota in...
Guess what? Everyone you know is, to some extent, a failure. Even people you admire or who have achieved massive success have failed at something. Successful people succeed because they’ve likely failed more than those who admire them. More importantly, though,...
“The most important requirement for running a retro is believing that everyone did the best they could with the information they had.” – Amos King I’ve spent the last several months learning how to facilitate team retrospectives. For anyone unfamiliar with the...
