Building culture in creative, product, and development teams, part 2: the role of process
Since my last post on this topic, which covered team building fundamentals, a few people have asked me about the role of process in building creative culture. I certainly wouldn’t minimize the importance of setting up a clear, coherent process, I have a few simple rules about what kind of process you should implement with […]
Recognition is always nice: Webby Award nominations for Network A and Official Comedy!
It’s always nice to have your work recognized. Both NetworkA.com and the Official Comedy Spotify App received nominations for this year’s Webby Awards. This is an especially nice honor because they are brands that didn’t exist the year prior – so in less than a year me and my team were able to not only […]
Team building fundamentals for product and dev teams.
I’m often asked about management philosophy and my approach to team building, so I’ve tried to boil down my philosophy for creating successful digital teams into a few simple pillars. Let’s start with some core principles that are critical to building strong teams and defining culture. (BTW, don’t forget to check out Part 2 of […]
On launching Network A on our new Publishing Platform
Launches are always exciting. We’ve been hard at work for the last year on a new kind of publishing and content curation platform that would allow us, and anyone else, to easily create truly modern, social, and dynamic cross-platform media properties that don’t look like they were designed ten years ago or like they were […]
Are “expanded Tweets” an acceptance of defeat? Is this a pivot or evolution?
Today, Twitter released their latest update to their service, which introduced their newest feature – Expanded Tweets. What does it mean when a company that has steadfastly held onto one core primary product principle (say that 10 times fast) suddenly accepts a change to that principle? For years, since Twitter first launched, there has been much […]