Product Why Chefs and Soldiers Make the Best Product Managers Eaze CEO Jim Patterson has a theory that military and kitchen experience are solid indicators of great PMs. Here's why and what startups can look for to hire better.
Product Build Your User Base with These Human Behavior Hacks As Director of User Experience at Yammer (and therefore Microsoft), Cindy Alvarez spends her time thinking deeply about why people do what they do. Here's what she's learned.
Management The Keys to Scaling Yourself as a Technology Leader Adam Pisoni spoke at First Round's recent CEO Summit about the lessons he plans to apply as a second-time founder.
Management What Startups Can Learn from General McChrystal about Combining Strategy and Execution Yammer Co-founder Adam Pisoni speaks with General Stanley McChrystal about the lessons technology companies might take away from his new book Team of Teams.
Management I'm Sorry, But Agile Won't Fix Your Products Yammer CTO and Co-founder Adam Pisoni on why more startups should consider breaking away from agile development and how they can start the conversation.
Management Here's Why You Should Care About Holacracy Yammer Co-founder Adam Pisoni is on a mission: To spread the word about responsive company models. Here's how Holacracy fits into this movement.
Management The One Thing Every Leader Needs to Learn: How to Scale Change Yammer Co-founder Adam Pisoni investigates how companies can make revolutionary internal changes without breaking apart.
Management Why Yammer Believes the Traditional Engineering Organizational Structure is Dead Yammer VP of Engineering Kris Gale explains why organizational norms are holding us back and what to do about it.
People & Culture Letting Go of Efficiency Can Accelerate Your Company — Here's How Yammer Co-founder and CTO Adam Pisoni wants more companies to move away from tradition and become more responsive. Here's why.
Engineering The One Cost Engineers and Product Managers Don't Consider Kris Gale, former VP Engineering at Yammer, on the pernicious problem and ramifications of complexity cost.
