December 2013 – 5blogs

Five Blogs – 31 December 2013

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Is Defect Removal Efficiency a Fallacy?
Written by: John Stevenson

Learning to be visionary
Written by: Mary Jo Asmus

The Danger of Being a Critic
Written by: Maurilio Amorim

The Difference Between Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Written by: Sharlyn Lauby

Quote of the day:
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change” -Carl Rogers

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Five Blogs – 30 December 2013

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Be a Minimally Invasive Manager
Written by: Randy Komisar

Startup Leadership: Lessons From a Runner’s World
Written by: Adii Pienaar

4 Questions To Drive Problem Solving
Written by: Tony Richards

Attention Leaders: Five Attitudes to Take to work in 2014
Written by: Gwyn Teatro

Integrity 2: On Being Under the Radar
Written by: James Marcus Bach

Quote of the day:
“The world has forgotten, in its concern with Left and Right, that there is an Above and Below.” -Glen Drake

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Five Blogs – 27 December 2013

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How to Break the 7 Barriers of Leadership
Written by: Dan Rockwell

To Smoosh Peas Is to Learn
Written by: Perri Klass

What Exactly is ‘Cloud Testing’ Anyway?
Written by: Ole Lensmar

Where There’s a Why, There’s a Way
Written by: Whitney Johnson

What Are The Answers I Need To Be A Leader?
Written by: Greg Richardson

Quote of the day:
“The most profound obstacle we need to overcome is our ingrained perception that reality is complex” -The Choice

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Five Blogs – 26 December 2013

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If You Want Innovation, You Have to Invest in People
Written by: Mehran Mehregany

True Courage – and Why You Need it This Christmas
Written by: Emilia Lahti

20 Ways To Maximize Your Motivation All The Time
Written by: Lianne Martha Laroya

The 10 Biggest Mistakes People Make in Setting Goals
Written by: Michael Hyatt

Project Mercury and Death of Testing
Written by: Aleksis Tulonen

Quote of the day:
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” -Warren G. Bennis

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Five Blogs – 25 December 2013

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Don’t Ignore the Smoke Tests
Written by: Justin Rohrman

Mashing “Best Practices”
Written by: Eric Proegler

Finding Your Own Integrity
Written by: James Marcus Bach

How Healthcare.gov Changed the Whole Software Testing Conversation
Written by: Lorinda Brandon

Unprofessionalism
Written by: Allen Pike

Quote of the day:
“To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.” -Ken Keyes

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Five Blogs – 24 December 2013

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The Most Effective Strategies for Success
Written by: Heidi Grant Halvorson

Presentation Purpose
Written by: Katrina Clokie

Controlling Management or How the Grinch Stole Agile
Written by: Pete Walen

Stop Procrastinating: 5 Tips From Ben Franklin
Written by: Samuel Bacharach

Why Self-Discipline Will Make You Unstoppable
Written by: Dan Kennedy

Quote of the day:
“The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate” -J. B. Priestley

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Five Blogs – 23 December 2013

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Rudolph Was Not a Brown-Noser
Written by: Mike Lyles

5 Steps to Find Your Voice to Make an Impact
Written by: Chery Gegelman

Turning Competition Into Collaboration
Written by: Terri Klass

I shouldn’t be a tester – I was tested
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

What it Means to Live an Empowered Life
Written by: Marquita Herald

Quote of the day:
“We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know” -Voltaire

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Five Blogs – 20 December 2013

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The Eight Archetypes of Leadership
Written by: Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

Forget developers in test, we need testers in development
Written by: Trish Khoo

One word … Why?
Written by: Mark Miller

Why The Right-Brain, Left-Brain Myth Is So Wrong
Written by: Drake Baer

Why mastering the basics first matters
Written by: Martina McGowan

Quote of the day:
“Do whatever you do intensely” -Robert Henri

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Five Blogs – 19 December 2013

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On Test Cases and Conversing with Unicorns
Written by: Pete Walen

Leadership Is About Emotion
Written by: Meghan M. Biro

Forget Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead
Written by: James Clear

The One Leadership Responsibility You Must Accept
Written by: Terry ‘Starbucker’ St. Marie

Future Entrepreneurs: Don’t Quit Your Day Job
Written by: David Simnick

Quote of the day:
“All glory comes from daring to BEGIN.” -Alexander Graham Bell

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Five Blogs – 18 December 2013

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Death and Testing
Written by: Alan Page

Why Being a Good Problem Solver Means You Really Know Your Problem
Written by: Steve Berczuk

What Makes an Authentic Leader?
Written by: Jon Mertz

But how many test cases?
Written by: James Christie

Doing Less, Leading More
Written by: Ed Batista

Quote of the day:
“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions” -Claude Levi-Strauss

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