Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

Tag: Leadership

  • Implementing Agile – Part III – Slicing Stories

    Implementing Agile – Part III – Slicing Stories

    This is the piece of the puzzle I couldn’t figure out by myself. I needed to see it in action, implemented well, to understand what I was missing. I’ve seen a lot of stories sliced wrong, and some sliced well. Slicing stories properly can be the difference between a high performance team, and one floundering.…

  • Implementing Agile – Part II – WIP

    Implementing Agile – Part II – WIP

    The first big “Agile” change I implemented was standup. Without it you can’t even begin to know what’s going on in your team, let alone help accomplish all it needs. But all standup is, is a daily window into what everyone is doing. That helps you know what’s going on, on a day-to-day bases. But…

  • Make Yourself Dispensable

    Make Yourself Dispensable

    Originally published on forbes.com. “If you want to keep your job, you have to make yourself indispensable.” I’m sure you’ve heard that before. Here’s the truth – you will never get great work done if you are indispensable. If your tech company relies upon you so much that if you were hit by a bus the…

  • Announcing the new ISDA.org

    Announcing the new ISDA.org

    I’m the Director of Web Development at ISDA, a trade organization whose goal is to make the global derivatives markets safer and more efficient. I started there a little over 6 years ago, just after they had launched a new site. The design was contemporary for its time. The codebase was built on top of…

  • Play To Your Strengths (The Leader’s Serenity Prayer)

    Play To Your Strengths (The Leader’s Serenity Prayer)

    Originally published on forbes.com. The role of stretching is often overlooked in the process of growth. When you’re strength training and you lift weights, it stresses your muscles, which triggers the growth process. But if you neglect to stretch afterward, your muscles shorten and become tight, which leads to them becoming weaker, not stronger, and…

  • On Assholes and Leaders

    On Assholes and Leaders

    The asshole doesn’t see that he is one — that is the true nature of being an asshole. Ultimately being one is truly just a manifestation of selfishness. If you don’t care how your actions affect the people around you, the people around you will see you as an asshole. If the actions of everyone…

  • Thoughts about “Who” and Hiring

    Thoughts about “Who” and Hiring

    Finished reading “Who” this week. I found it an interesting approach to hiring. I’d read it if I were looking for a job as well to prepare for interviews, though it’s not designed for that. Takeaways: Take hiring seriously, this should be obvious but it’s easy to let it get lost in all the other…