Company Culture

Maximising shareholder value already implicitly meant considering sustainability but the recent anti-capitalist sentiment is making that even more explicit. “How sustainable is this?” will become a standard part of corporate decision making.

Climate change is a major problem and consumers are noticing, making buying decisions based on sustainability criteria. So where should corporates start? Are there any quick wins that can have an impact today?

There are things we can do as individuals, consumers and policy makers, so why shouldn’t we expect startups to contribute as well? A guide to how startups can help fight climate change.

Cloudflare, free speech and the rule of law. Taking advantage of centuries of development of democratic process is better than private, unaccountable censorship from the likes of Facebook.

The definition of what makes a good team should include some degree of willingness to read, research and suggest ideas for how things could be better.

Does working remotely work? What examples are there of remote, distributed companies? What should core remote company principles be and what are the challenges of remote work?

Writing about experiences and sharing stories is valuable, not just for the individual to get experience writing but for everyone to benefit.

As communication is the hardest problem facing any organisation, writing well should be one of the core values for every company.

Available time does not change - you can’t add more hours to the day. So why do we ignore this when planning work and progressing tasks, especially in engineering?

Deploying Slack (I dislike real-time chat in almost every situation) and having an occasional all-hands does not mean your company is good at communication. So what does it mean?