Attention: Spending Your Most Valuable Currency
If time is our most valuable commodity, then attention is the currency in which you trade time. Attention can't be replaced by gimmicks.| Great Not Big
Atomic Object designs and builds custom software products for clients in nearly all industries. That’s our commercial purpose, and, after 20 years, we’re quite good| Great Not Big
If time is our most valuable commodity, then attention is the currency in which you trade time. Attention can't be replaced by gimmicks.| Great Not Big
At Atomic Object, both our commercial purpose and our existential purpose are evergreen, and that presents some challenges.| Great Not Big
My sustainable leadership practices might not work for everyone, but I hope they inspire you to find your own practices.| Great Not Big
I've had many mentors over the years. Some relationships were short, some longer, but each mentor had a positive impact on my life or career.| Great Not Big
The scientific method is a smart strategy for starting and growing a business. Calling your failed experiments "mistakes" disguises the value they provide and the strength of this strategy.| Great Not Big
Research studies support the agile practice of sustainable pace. People are more productive and ultimately get more done when they don't consistently work overtime and when they take short breaks.| Great Not Big
Culture pairs can help you bring new people into your company while preserving and transmitting your culture.| Great Not Big
Finances, Innovation Services, Ownership, | Great Not Big
Many people think about purpose, values, etc., as neat stuff for good times, as "nice to have." But we've found them to be incredibly useful in a crisis.| Great Not Big
At $144 per participant per year, pair lunch is an inexpensive benefit that helps build and maintain personal relationships and strong bonds at Atomic Object.| Great Not Big
Living by a higher purpose means having a foundational purpose for all areas of life that is beyond yourself.| Great Not Big
Dr. Jane Dutton's The Flourishing Triangle is a framework for thinking about three different conditions that contribute to thriving.| Great Not Big
Resilience is a strong predictor of success in life. I suspect most of us have been taking a backward approach to building it.| Great Not Big
I believe Atomic’s flexible, co-located working model is critical to achieving our goal to be a 100-year-old company.| Great Not Big
Work like ours that's rooted in collaborative design and engineering will always benefit from being done in person.| Great Not Big
In this post, I analyze where the revenue Atomic Object generated in 2019 ended up as an exploration of our multi-stakeholder approach.| Great Not Big
The Cynefin Framework recently helped validate and maximize the effectiveness of our new Return to Office approach.| Great Not Big
