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The Old Atomic Unit of Production: the Project I came up in a software industry in which the atomic unit of production capacity was The Programmer. Programmers were largely assigned, as needed, to ephemeral entities called Projects. Yes, it had a Taylorist mechanistic undertone, and often still does. Cut to scene: The Project Manager whisks into [...]

Ever Had a Client Stuck in a Nasty Situation? Ever Had a Bird Trapped in Your House? I’ve had both. In both cases, I learned not to mess up in the following way: trying to grab the bird and toss it out of the house. Birds hate that, and are really skillful at resisting the [...]