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scottberkun.com http://www.scottberkun.com Extra fine essays on innovation, management and design. en-us This feed has moved - and you're invited to follow http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?feed=rss2 In case its news, I moved the site to wordpress and you'll get essays and more by updating the URL. Hope you make it. Teams and stars http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay47.htm How to manage the egos of stars with the needs of teams. Why software sucks http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay46.htm Why so much of what's made is so bad and what to do about it. Work vs. Progress http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay45.htm Why there's a difference and what to do about it. How to learn from your mistakes http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay44.htm There's more to learn from mistakes than success. How to survive a bad manager http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay43.htm Advice for how to deal with a difficult boss. Why you must lead or follow http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay42.htm To make things happen, people must know where they stand. The art of project management, the book: NOW AVALIABLE http://www.scottberkun.com/books/artofpm/ Sample chapter, TOC, early praise and ordering information. Why I left Microsoft http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay41.htm A personal essay about my reasons for leaving Microsoft, where I worked for nearly a decade. Why smart people defend bad ideas http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay40.htm A short guide to protecting yourself from the dangers of smart people. How to interview and hire people http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay39.htm An approach for getting the most from a 60 minute interview. How to pitch an idea http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay38.htm How do you convince other people to do things? Especially big expensive things? Here's a short primer on how to pitch ideas and concepts to other people. How to build a better web browser http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay37.htm One of the former designers of Internet Explorer provides a rough guide for the construction and design of better web browsers. The mistakes of version 1.0 http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay36.htm All kinds of silly things happen during 1.0 projects. Here's how to avoid many of them.