The 5-Minute Startup CTO #46
Easier brainstorming, Coping strategies, Time-saving apps
Here are your 3 picks for this week:
🔄 Process makes perfect
Brainstorming sessions are not the easiest meetings to facilitate - especially remotely. Daniel Pink has a nifty little trick: start by asking everyone to open up and reveal one embarrassing story. Should come in handy soon enough!
👭 It’s all about People
Amongst all the Covid-19 advice available online, I particularly liked Matt Wallaert’s blog post for the First Round Review.
In short: accept problems (but don't give up), distract yourself, and smile. Simple ideas often work best. Read the whole article for more!
⌨️ If it ain’t code, don’t fix it
Finally, a couple of apps which could save a fair amount of time:
Beekeeper Studio: an open-source environment to query, develop and manage your databases
Diagrams: a diagram-as-code app for architecture diagrams; no more fiddly editing, explicit change history, and more
Have a great week!
Fabrice
The 5-Minute Startup CTO: every Sunday, 3 top insights in 5 minutes for startup CTOs and Tech Leads. Hand-picked by Fabrice, a UK-based consulting CTO