5 management lessons found in ‘The Last Jedi’

Jan 17, 2018 | HPE Insights

Depending on your point of view, “Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi” either broke your heart by killing what you love or broke your heart by spending too much time in the Canto Bight casino. But the fact remains that, just as “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” had advice...

All I Need to Know About Project Management I Learned from THE MARTIAN

Jun 9, 2016 | Certwise

Someone gave you a project to manage, but you don’t know where to start? No problem. You can get all the guidance you need from the movie, The Martian. Congratulations, it’s the first day of the rest of your career. (Gulp!) Now that you’re a project manager, you may...

What to Do When You Inherit a Project, as Illustrated by Mission: Impossible

Apr 26, 2016 | Certwise

Ethan Hunt has it easy in Mission: Impossible. He merely needs to stop bad guys in a series of explosively-implausible yet entertaining ways. You, on the other hand, have inherited a project. And the safety of the world – I mean, the project – is at stake. Your...

The Mad Scientist’s Lair Construction Kit: A Software Developer’s Guide to World Domination

Sep 18, 2013 | SmartBear

Share Are you thinking what I’m thinking? If it’s, “Software developers would make perfect mad scientists,” then the answer is “Yes” and “We may both suffer from megalomania, but my delusion is greater than yours.” But...

5 Signs That Your Team Member Wants a Promotion (as told by Star Trek)

Aug 21, 2013 | SmartBear

ShareAt one point in the classic Star Trek episode, “Mirror, Mirror,” Mirror Chekov waylays Captain Kirk. As he points his phaser at James T. Awesome, he says, “So you die, Captain, and we all move up in rank.” I’m not just telling you this...