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  1. Failing on Day One

    Make projects successful by treating them like failures.

    Chad Pytel
    May 27, 2016
    • Playbook
  2. Buy Your Customers a Coffee

    Use customer support products like Intercom to meet your customers face-to-face.

    Bernerd Schaefer
    December 20, 2015
    • Playbook
  3. How to Request an Introduction

    Use these examples as a template for requesting an introduction.

    Bernerd Schaefer
    September 4, 2015
    • Playbook
    • Language
  4. Make Your New Hires Feel Welcome With Automated on-boarding

    Document, iterate and automate your way to a great on-boarding experience.

    Nathan L. Walls
    March 17, 2015
    • Playbook
    • Automation
    • Internal Tools
  5. How to Set Up Your Company's Apprenticeship

    Here’s what we’ve learned running an apprenticeship program for designers and developers over the past four years.

    Chad Pytel and Dan Croak
    February 13, 2015
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    • Apprenticeship
  6. North Star Metric

    It is difficult to prioritize product and growth work. Using one metric as your team’s North Star can help. How do you define, measure, and make decisions from it?

    Dan Croak and Galen Frechette
    December 25, 2014
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    • Growth
    • Analytics
  7. Clear Your Mental Cache

    When I was in high school, I was a pretty poor dancer.

    Ben Orenstein
    December 22, 2014
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  8. The Chameleon

    How we treat our coworkers and clients will affect our projects more than we might think.

    Paul Smith
    December 16, 2014
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    • Happiness
    • Apprenticeship
  9. Why Fixed Bids Are Bad For Clients, Too

    RFPs and fixed bids are harmful to designers, developers, and clients.

    Mason Fischer
    November 13, 2014
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  10. Beginner's Mind

    We all want to be experts, but a fresh perspective can help an experienced mind learn new tricks.

    Ian C. Anderson
    October 27, 2014
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    • Productivity
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