I spent the whole day thinking about something. I have been trying to write about those thoughts but they were stuck in my head. Going in circles. Serendipitously clashing with other thoughts, fuelled by the random information I was gathering as the day went by. It felt at some point…

Every time I was going to my boss I would get the same answer: “Don’t come to me with problems, come to me with solutions”. I would get so frustrated because I thought I was going with solutions… for the love of god I am an engineer! …

Few weeks ago out of curiosity I decided to run a survey about motivation at work for software developers. I chose this specific segment because I have been working with developers half my life, I think I know them relatively well and the market for them is extremely hot. …

I still remember quite vividly that day. Someone trying to discredit me in front of others for the way I was leading my team. “I asked to a person reporting to Stefano” — it was told to others — “<Who’s your boss?> And you know what that person replied? <Nobody.>” …

(Or: the surprising things in common between coaching and Agile / Lean) If you are in the software world or if your company has even a tiny unit that develops any software (which might be the case for pretty much any company out there) you should have heard about Agile / Lean. While Agile and Lean are different methodologies they do share…

Few weeks ago I started a new coaching journey with a coachee. The first thing I had to make sure was to set the expectations right and to explain what coaching is and what coaching isn’t. What coaching isn’t Coaching is not someone telling you how you should do stuff. Coaching is not…

Some time ago I found myself talking with a lovely person that was pondering the idea of leaving her employer and starting out to be an independent consultant. She asked me what does it mean and what does it take to make the leap. That started a long chat that…

Doing what your truly like should be put before doing what brings you the most money. Becoming rich doing something you at best manage to barely bear is absolutely pointless because at the end of the day (and of your life) money disappears and happiness you can’t buy. If you…

One of my free time projects has been to learn how to create a chatbot. If you have no idea what a chatbot is please read this. There’s a pretty impressive amount of tech already out there that can get you started in no time… but I believe the key…