What to ask when looking for a nearshore development company?
New companies continue to pop up every day in a growingly digital world, and there’s a shortage of talent all across the leading tech hubs.
Managing a Multi-Project and still having time to chill
Since 2017, I’ve been assigned a new role here at Runtime: managing a team of six people (including me), managing an international partner, and managing a software project (well, not just one, but…
Are your meetings effective?
Meetings are becoming more and more a central part of almost all organisations. According to a study , in the US alone workers have 11 million meetings a day, which adds up to 55 million meetings per…
Productivity: Happiness and the Work / Life balance fallacy
During the last few decades, the workforce landscape has changed drastically. The repetitive, “factoryesque” jobs that proliferated and dominated after the industrial revolution are becoming more and…
Working for a US company from Lisbon as an offshore team
In February of 2016, I started a new experience in my life. I was cast as the leader of a team (a team of two, at the time, including myself, though having grown a lot more since then…) that would…
Public Speaking — Some guidelines
Public speaking. Whilst something that I personally enjoy, it strikes fear into the hearts of others. It is true that not everyone feels comfortable in front of a crowd, but sometimes it is necessary…
Building Up Team Spirit
Behind any successful project there’s always a successful team.
Communication inside my team
In a previous blog post I talked about some aspects that you should be aware of if you want to be a better team leader. One that I purposefully left out is the communication within a team, not…
Lead by becoming dispensable
In my last post, I talked about some of the things that I believe are crucial for improving as a team leader.
The Right Tool for Achieving your Dreams
Recently I did a presentation to the Runtime Revolution team about Goal planning. I talked about ‘ SMART ’, ‘ DUMB ’, Tony Robbins RPM and David Allen’s GTD .
4 Lessons from Startup Life
Back in 2012, I decided that I needed a change in my life… Even today I remember how I felt in the morning before going to work, so sad that I would almost start crying in desperation.
How I get organized
In this post, I’ll try to share some simple techniques to get organized, and talk a bit about why I bother with them.
“Designer…ish” speaking
UX Designers are an interesting “species” living somewhere between the client, the users and the developers, bridging them to ensure the product will accomplish its goals.
Want to be a great team leader? The “usual stuff” is not enough!
Since the beginning of my career, being a team leader was on my path for evolving as a professional. But to be honest, I didn’t have a clue of what that meant.
What I look for when hiring
When I was in Runtime Revolution ’s hiring process, so I got to interview a lot of candidates that wanted to join Runtime’s development team.