Artigos

7 fev 2011

Under pressure

Jason Yip just reminded me about the “under pressure” situation: When people are pressured to meet targets they have three ways to respond: Improve the system […]
18 jan 2011

Software development, craftsmanship and how to choose a professional

Last week I read two very interesting posts in Dan North’s blog: Programming is not a craft On craftsmanship The first one explains why software development […]
7 nov 2010

How can we improve?

Today I just read two posts about how to improve from blogs of very diverse topics such as swimming and leadership. The blog post about swimming […]
13 out 2010

Purpose beyond profit

If you have a small kid who goes to kindergarten you most certainly have used the word purpose during your conversation about her day at school. […]
15 maio 2010

Feedback ou a realidade é o que se percebe

Essa frase, a realidade é o que se percebe (reality is perception), é uma frase bastante conhecida. Mágicas e ilusões de ótica são baseadas nessa frase. […]
5 maio 2010

Sobre gerenciamento e motivação de profissionais técnicos

Há mais ou menos um ano tive a oportunidade de assistir ao curso Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations, no MIT Sloan School of Management. É um […]
24 abr 2010

Atualização sobre o tema produtividade

No final de 2008 eu escrevi nesse blog um post sobre produtividade das empresas. Nessa quarta-feira (21/04) a 37signals postou um artigo com dados atualizados de […]
20 set 2009

The three ways of getting things done (hierarchy, heterarchy and responsible autonomy)

I just finished reading a very interesting book named “The Three Ways of Getting Things Done“: by Gerard Fairtlough. It is about hierarchy, heterarchy and responsible […]
9 ago 2009

Clóvis Bojikian, former Semco's HR director, on how to implement organizational democracy

I believe this will be one of my longest posts but the topic really deserves a lot of attention. Two weeks ago I had the opportunity […]