Category: Leadership

There Are Always Plenty of Incidents from Which To Learn

Sorry, False Alarm...On January 13, 2018, what felt like an episode of Netflix’s “Black Mirror” unfolded in real life. Just after 8 in the morning, residents and visitors…

Dave Swenson

January 13, 2018 · 4 min read

Leadership Organization

Conway’s Law – The Rest of the Story.. and How To Fix It

The Law that Almost Wasn’tConway’s law had a rather precarious beginning. Harvard Business Review rejected Conway’s thesis, buried as it was in the 43d paragraph of a 45-paragraph…

Marty Abbott

December 14, 2017 · 4 min read

Leadership Organization

Tuckman’s Stages and Agile Development

In 1965, psychologist Bruce Tuckman published his theory of group dynamics. This theory describes the stages (or phases) through which a team progresses enroute to optimal productivity.…

Bill Armelin

November 8, 2017 · 4 min read

Leadership Organization

What Google Got Right and Wrong with Firing James Damore

We have a saying in AKF Partners that “an incident is a terrible thing to waste”. When things go poorly in a firm, stakeholders (shareholders, partners, employees) pay a price.…

Marty Abbott

August 9, 2017 · 4 min read

Leadership Organization

The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Tech

We all suffer from various cognitive biases, those mental filters or lenses that alter or warp the reality around us. With the election of 2016, one particular bias has gained…

Dave Swenson

August 1, 2017 · 4 min read

Leadership Organization

Where have all the Women gone?

We hear every day that more and more jobs are disappearing, yet the technology job sector cannot keep up with the unprecedented demand. So why are women falling behind in this…

AKF

July 19, 2017 · 4 min read

Leadership

Scalability Workshops

AKF Scalability WorkshopPhoenix Feb 7 - 8, 2018!Register Now for our next workshop! Workshop OverviewOur workshop is designed for technology executives who are responsible for…

AKF

April 19, 2017 · 3 min read

Leadership

AKF Turns 10 – And It’s Still Not About the Tech

The caller ID was blocked but Marty had been expecting the call. Three “highly connected” people – donors, political advisers and “inner circle” people – had suggested…

AKF

March 23, 2017 · 2 min read

Leadership

AKF Interim Leadership Case Study

Read about one of our success stories in which we filled an interim CTO role at a marketing subscription company in New York.AKF Long-term Case Study

AKF

March 21, 2017 · 0 min read

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Category: Leadership

There Are Always Plenty of Incidents from Which To Learn

Conway’s Law – The Rest of the Story.. and How To Fix It

Tuckman’s Stages and Agile Development

What Google Got Right and Wrong with Firing James Damore

The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Tech

Where have all the Women gone?

Scalability Workshops

AKF Turns 10 – And It’s Still Not About the Tech

AKF Interim Leadership Case Study

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