Two percent truth in feedback
Not all feedback is easy to hear. Some of it stings because it's wrong. Some of it stings because it's right. And some of it stings because of who said it.
Reflections of a life long learner
Exploring mindful leadership, personal growth, and healthy living to inspire positivity and human connection.
Leading Through Influence
Leadership isn’t about your professional title. It’s about how you show up and how you create the space for people to do their best work.
Graceful Principles
Grace can mean different things to different people. For me, it’s about moving through life with poise, thoughtfulness, and emotional presence. It’s not about being polished or perfect, but about being self-aware, open, and intentional.
Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement with Retrospectives
My primary goal as a leader is to help teams continuously learn and grow. For teams to succeed, it is crucial to establish a culture of trust and psychological safety; retrospectives are one of the most powerful tools to accomplish this.
Confident Humility - The Key to Continuous Learning and Growth
Confidence and humility, often seen as opposing traits, play a pivotal role in personal and professional growth. Confident humility is a blend of self-assurance and modesty that allows us to navigate the delicate balance between overconfidence and doubt.
Let kindness be the path
Everyone is angry, the right, the left, the middle, all of us. We are split based on politics, race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, age, ability, social class, and culture. Our views, beliefs, and how we choose to express them is our right provided by the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Thankfulness during this unprecedented time
Living in confined areas with friends and families during a global pandemic feels surreal. The reality of this situation can make it difficult to find reasons to be thankful.
Start your day with a positive mindset
A recent tweet from Scott Tolinski was an incentive to start a practice that I have been contemplating for far too long. My typical routine was up at dawn with a cup of coffee and some light reading.
Basecamp's Shape Up Method
An interview with Jason Fried describing backlogs as piles of guilt inspired me to look closer at his viewpoint. With a little research, I found Chapter 7: Bets, Not Backlogs of the Shape Up book.
Positive team culture starts with self
We all have the choice to determine if the glass is half-full or half-empty. Based on how the brain is wired, half-empty is much easier to recognize and focus on.
Find Your Spine to Create an Agile Team Culture
You may be wondering what I mean by find your spine. I'm just referring to a model called the "Spine Model" that was discussed on Episode 90 of the Agile for Humans podcast.
Smitten with Eleventy and Netlify
When I created this site, I threw it together with PHP. It worked and didn't take long to develop. However, the FTP deployment process was antiquated and setting up an SSL certificate with my host was time-consuming.
Semantic Markup Is Less Work
Why are we still building user interfaces that are inaccessible? Why do we accept creating significant technical debt to build experiences that simply don’t work for all users?
Data URIs - Tricky Tricky
It’s a short and simple story, really. It starts on a search to find a solution for some cross browser problems with Data URIs. The first stop was the probably don't Base64 SVG article on CSS Tricks and ends on these quick examples.
Nudging Accessibility into the Development Process
What does this mean, nudging accessibility into the development process? Accessibility is a challenging task. Standards are murky, supporting technologies vary, and there are far too few experts.