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Your Team's New Rubber Duck
There’s an old trick programmers use called rubber duck debugging . You keep a rubber duck on your desk. When you’re stuck, you explain your code to the duck. Out loud. Somewhere in the middle of saying, “And then it does this because…” you hear it. Oh. That’s where it breaks. Explaining forces clarity. And this doesn’t just work for code. It works for anything needing clarity: What does “done” actually mean for this story? How should we break this feature down? What problem
Sheila Eckert
Dec 92 min read


Efficiency vs. Effectiveness: Why You Need Both
The terms “efficiency” and “effectiveness” are often used interchangeably, but to achieve the best outcome, it’s important to understand...
Sheila Eckert
Jun 264 min read


The New Face of Imposter Syndrome: Challenges Posed by Generative AI
This is a new kind of imposter syndrome. One born not from fear of being “found out,” but from wondering whether your excellence was...
Sheila Eckert
Jun 252 min read


How Soccer Teams Use Agile Concepts to Achieve Success
soccer team I was watching a Sunday morning Soccer match. One of the announcers said something that sparked my agile brain into pulling...
Sheila Eckert
Jun 262 min read
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