Elmar Schippers

The rantings and ravings of a mad man. Engineering Culture, Scaling people and processes among other random thoughts. @[email protected]

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

Communication is a thing right? But its kinda hard!

Hope this can help make it easier for you: https://t.co/IQnmVB2GJW

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

I'm not big on the tweeters but I am thinking it might be time to look for something else.

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[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

@CoolsHannes @joinmastodon @mastadon @Mastidon Ah the trick is indeed to google it. Thank you

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

@CoolsHannes @joinmastodon @mastadon @Mastidon Hrmmm.. when I hit the mastodon social site the sign up redirects me to joinmastodon

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

I wrote a thing.. How to use visuals to break down discussions of team responsibilities. https://t.co/nHZGF9qakn

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

Having dinner with friends in a very loud bar. Overwhelming my ears. My friends were cool with letting me try my headphones with white noise while we ate. #amazing. Total game changer for enjoying my evening. I got to enjoy being with my friends without having sensory overload.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

Props to the pilot and crew from @KLM. When Munich airport was unable to provide ground air-conditioning and told KLM it was a 45 wait for baggage staff, the KLM team rolled up their sleeves, got out there and did it themselves.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

I wrote a thing about software engineers playing lego: https://t.co/ABGSSjfUiB

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

@FTisiot Looks like you need some tomato sauce and shredded cheese for your noodles.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

@molly_struve Op1: "Why can't I access the prod servers?"
Op2: "You as well, hrm, I couldn't get to them an hour ago but I didn't think too much of it."

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

The little things count!

Like a simple thank you or handing someone the last cookie. Little moments make a significant impact on people. If you recently handed someone the last cookie, thank you for making their day better.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

It's crazy how a negative thought can bury itself in your mind. The amount of emotional energy it takes to defend from that thought, to stop it's negative friends from joining in, is insane. Let alone the energy to finally get rid of that first negative thought and be happy again

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

My sit stand desk got stuck in the sit position. It's infuriating, I can't stand it.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

Sometimes you can't wait for all the data, facts or answers. Sometimes you just have to jump in and try it out. Wait too long and you will miss an opportunity.
Data is power, slowness is death.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

It's not everyday you get to order 12,000 Lego bricks for 'work' purposes. Anyone up for diving into a pile of Lego with me?

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

We talk a lot about Cattle not Pets. We rarely talk about making existing pets endangered. Once you have pets its not easy to get rid of them. Everyone may tell you they only have cattle, but most companies have people hiding pets in distant corners, afraid to let them go.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

In a ever more competitive job market, the IT companies that will succeed are not those who pay the most or hire the most, but those that enable the few people they have to be their most productive.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

As technology becomes easier to measure, we begin to forget about the parts of our system that are inherently hard to measure, our people.

Not everything can fit neatly on a graph, but everything can be listened to.

[Elmar Schippers @jastill]

@FTisiot Why is the shell not an option?