Leadership
Managing Risk
The simplest definition of risk is the probability an incident occurs times the impact of the incident. The higher this number is, the higher the risk. With…
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Scalability and technology consulting advice for SaaS and technology companies — from the AKF Partners team.
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Organization
Crossing the People Chasm Within Your Organization
Crossing the People Chasm Within Your Organization
Leadership
The No Surprises Rule
No Surprises
Leadership
Three Reasons Your Software Engineers May Not Be Successful
Three Reasons Your Software Engineers May Not Be Successful
Organization
Why CTOs Fail and What CEOs and CTOs Can Do About It
The rate of involuntary turnover for the senior executive running technology and engineering in a company is unfortunately high, with most senior technology…
Organization
Achieving Results, Culture, and the AKF Equation
We can tell a lot about a company within the first hour or so of any discussion. Consider the following statement fragments:
Leadership
How to write concisely
The Three Sentence Rule
Leadership
Technical Due Diligence: Did We Get It Right
Technical Due Diligence: Did We get it Right?
Leadership
There Are Always Plenty of Incidents from Which To Learn
Sorry, False Alarm...
Organization
What Google Got Right and Wrong with Firing James Damore
We have a saying in AKF Partners that “an incident is a terrible thing to waste”. When things go poorly in a firm, stakeholders (shareholders, partners,…
Organization
The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Tech
We all suffer from various cognitive biases, those mental filters or lenses that alter or warp the reality around us. With the election of 2016, one particular…
Organization
Where have all the Women gone?
We hear every day that more and more jobs are disappearing, yet the technology job sector cannot keep up with the unprecedented demand. So why are women…